System and method for managing the application of access control lists on network devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEric Wendell Johnson, Richard J. Lamoreaux, Jeremy Dinsel, Ajay K. Gummadi
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Abstract
A system and method for managing access control lists on network devices is provided. One or more access control lists are retrieved from one or more computing devices. The one or more access control lists are stored. A request to update the one or more access control lists is received. The one or more access control lists are automatically updated based on the request. The updated one or more access control lists are then deployed to the one or more computing devices.
Claims18
A method for managing the application of access control lists on network devices comprising:
- retrieving, by a centralized network automation system, one or more access control lists from one or more computing devices;
- storing the one or more access control lists in the centralized network automation system;
- automatically updating the one or more access control lists based on at least one of a schedule, a pre-defined time period, and detection of a computing device being added to a network;
- and
- deploying the updated one or more access control lists to the one or more computing devices.
A system for managing the application of access control lists on network devices, comprising:
- a communications interface configured to receive one or more access control lists from one or more computing devices;
- an access control storage medium configured to store the one or more access control lists;
- and
- a processor configured to automatically update the one or more access control lists based on at least one of a schedule, a pre-defined time period, and detection of a computing device being added to a network, and to deploy the updated one or more access control lists to the one or more computing devices.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program being executable by a processor for performing a method for managing the application of access control lists on network devices, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving one or more access control lists from one or more computing devices;
- storing the one or more access control lists;
- automatically updating the one or more access control lists based on at least one of a schedule, a pre-defined time period, and detection of a computing device being added to a network;
- and
- deploying the updated one or more access control lists to the one or more computing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.