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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Viptela Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lars Olof Stefan Olofsson, Dubai, AE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 61/2564 (2013.01); H04L 61/2567 (2013.01); H04L 67/147 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for creating a secure network is provided. The method comprises establishing a controller for a plurality of edge nodes in the network; configuring each edge node to perform a discovery operation to discover Network Address Traversal (NAT) information for any NAT device associated with said edge node; and configuring each edge node to transmit any NAT information discovered through said discovery operation to the controller; and configuring the controller to distribute the NAT information received from the plurality of edge node to each edge node.