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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2011
Applicants:

Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);

Huei-ping Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anuraag Mittal, San Jose, CA (US);

Huei-Ping Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 61/2038 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining addresses of end hosts at a switch, the switch configured with a primary virtual local area network and a secondary virtual local area network, creating a private virtual local area network access list comprising the addresses of end hosts permitted to communicate on the secondary virtual local area network, and applying the private virtual local area network access list to interfaces connected to the end hosts permitted to communicate on the secondary virtual local area network. An apparatus is also disclosed.


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