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US 6,553,489 B1Granted
System and method for secure and efficient universal port configuration
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsBruce P. Osler, Luis A. Viriato
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AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsBruce P. Osler, Luis A. Viriato
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A system and method for providing secure and efficient configuration of port devices. The system identifies a user of the system and associates the identified user with a particular account group. Each account group is associated with one of a plurality of service templates maintained within each port device or group of port devices. Messages via a control or administration path are used to select the service template associated with the user. The selected service template is then used to configure the port device according the configuration parameters defined for the template according to the user's account group. A separate data path is provided for communicating port data and providing port services once the port has been configured according to the service template. By separating the control path for administrative configuration from the data path for port services, the security of the configuration of the port devices is thereby significantly increased.
In a system having a network access server with an operating system executing therein, a universal port controller for providing port services comprising:
In a system having a network access server coupled to at least one universal port controller, a method for configuring port services in said universal port controller comprising:
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for configuring port services in a system having a network access server coupled to at least one universal port controller, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.