Security enabled network flow control
OwnerManav Mishra, Puqi Tanginventors
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Abstract
A flow control system may include a network device having a plurality of network interfaces for receiving and transmitting packets of data, a control element associated with the network device to receive from a security endpoint a security information event which includes rules for decrypting or routing an encrypted packet, and a routing element associated with the network device to route packets based on the rules provided in the security information event.
Claims24
A flow control system in a network device having a plurality of network interfaces for receiving and transmitting packets of data comprising:
- a control element associated with the network device to receive from a security endpoint a security information event, said security information event including rules for decrypting or routing an encrypted packet;
- and
- a routing element associated with the network device to route packets based on the rules provided in the security information event.
An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine performing the following operations:
- receive from a security endpoint a security information event that includes rules for decrypting or routing an encrypted packet;
- respond to the security endpoint with a query when the security information event does not provide the information necessary for a network device to route the encrypted packet;
- and
- receive from the security endpoint additional security information for decrypting or routing an encrypted packet.
A flow control method comprising:
- receiving a security information event from a security endpoint that includes rules for decrypting or routing an encrypted packet;
- responding to the security endpoint with a query when the security information event does not provide the information necessary for a network device to route the encrypted packet;
- and
- receiving from the security endpoint additional security information for decrypting or routing an encrypted packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.