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AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsAravind Sitaraman, Jane Jiaying Jin, Maria Alice Dos Santos, Sampath Kumar Sthothra Bhasham
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An information broker is provided which receives information regarding the updating of IP addresses and distributes the information to subscribing Domain Name Service (DNS) or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers. A list of subscribing servers is maintained by the broker. The broker may broadcast information regarding the allocation of a IP addresses to subscribing DNS servers, which then may be added to the DNS databases or the database may be updated with the new information. The broker may also broadcast information regarding the revocation of IP addresses to subscribing DNS servers, which may then be used to clear DNS entries in the database. Revocation of dynamically allocated IP addresses in networks with multiple DHCP servers may also be simplified by using the broker, where the broker broadcasts information regarding the revocation of IP addresses to subscribing DHCP servers. Utilization of the broker within a segment of the Internet allows a user to determine the dynamically allocated IP address of a user within the segment simply by making a standard DNS query.
A method for assigning network addresses in a network including one or more Domain Name Service (DNS) servers, said method including:
A method for revoking network addresses in a network including one or more DNS servers, said method including:
A method for managing network addresses in a network including one or more Domain Name Service (DNS) servers, said method including:
A method for managing IP addresses in a network segment of the Internet, the network segment including one or more DNS servers, the method including:
A method for managing IP addresses in a network segment of the Internet, the network segment including one or more DNS servers, the method including:
A method for managing IP addresses in a network segment of the Internet, the network segment including one or more DNS servers, the method including:
A method for dynamically allocating a network address to a subscriber in a communications network, the communications network having one or more DNS servers, the method comprising:
A method for revoking a dynamically allocated network address assigned by a DHCP server in a communications network, the communications network having one or more DNS servers, the method comprising:
A communications network including:
A communications network including:
A communications network including:
A broker for managing host addresses assigned to subscribers in a communications network, including:
A broker for managing host addresses assigned to subscribers in a communications network, said broker including:
A broker for managing host addresses assigned to subscribers in a communications network, said broker including:
A broker for managing host addresses assigned to subscribers in a communications network, said broker including:
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for managing network addresses in a network including one or more Domain Name Service (DNS) servers, said method including:
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for managing network addresses in a network including one or more DNS servers, said method including:
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for managing network addresses in a network including one or more DNS servers, the method including:
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