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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sushma Anantharam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Amitabha Biswas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nirapada Ghosh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan D. Moats, III, Omaha, NE (US);
Uday Shankar Nagaraj, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a controller includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to receive a query from a network device for instruction regarding where to send network traffic, the query including a first cookie, determine whether the first cookie is legitimate, and send a message to the network device, the message including either: the first cookie in response to a determination that the first cookie is legitimate or a second cookie which indicates a second next hop device determined by the controller in response to a determination that the first cookie is not legitimate. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in more embodiments.