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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Arbor Networks, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Bregger, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Arbor Networks, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04L 12/462 (2013.01); H04L 12/4625 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for automatically detecting and configuring Virtual Private Network (VPN) sites is provided. A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) message is received from a Provider Edge (PE) router. The BGP message includes one or more attributes. The VPN site is identified based on the one or more attributes. Such attributes may include extended community attributes.