Method and system for obtaining host identity tag
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsDacheng Zhang, Xiaohu Xu
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Abstract
A method and a system for obtaining a Host Identity Tag (HIT) are disclosed. The method for obtaining an HIT includes: receiving an update message that carries a newly generated HIT; and obtaining the newly generated HIT from the update message. In the method and system for obtaining an HIT above, the latest HIT and the current IP address of the host are obtained from the update message directly, or a third-party server is used to obtain the latest HIT according to the mapping relationship between the new HIT and the old HIT. In this way, normal communication may be performed.
Claims10
A method for obtaining a Host Identity Tag (HIT), the method comprising:
- receiving an update message that carries a newly generated HIT;
- and
- obtaining the newly generated HIT from the update message.
A method for obtaining a Host Identity Tag (HIT), the method comprising:
- receiving, by a third-party server, an update message that carries a newly generated HIT, and establishing a mapping relationship between the new HIT and a corresponding old HIT;
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- obtaining, by a host, the newly generated HIT according to the old HIT and the mapping relationship.
A system for obtaining a Host Identity Tag (HIT), the system comprising:
- a first host, configured to send an update message that carries a newly generated HIT;
- and
- a second host, configured to obtain the newly generated HIT from the update message sent by the first host.
A system for obtaining a Host Identity Tag (HIT), the system comprising:
- a first host, configured to send an update message that carries a newly generated HIT;
- and
- a third-party server, configured to receive the update message and establish a mapping relationship between the new HIT and a corresponding old HIT;
- and
- a second host, configured to obtain the newly generated HIT according to the old HIT and the mapping relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.