Disabling MAC Address Aging Time for an Internet of Things (IoT) Device on a Network Switch

    公开(公告)号:US20190089704A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16112669

    申请日:2018-08-25

    Abstract: Examples described relate to disabling of MAC address aging time for an IoT device on a network switch. In an example, in response to a device joining a network, a network switch in the network may determine a media access control (MAC) address of the device. The network switch may then send the MAC address to an authentication server. In response, the network switch may receive a Vendor Specific Attribute (VSA) associated with the MAC address from the authentication server. The VSA indicates that the MAC address relates to an IoT device. Based on the VSA, the network switch may recognize the MAC address of the device as a MAC address of the IoT device. In response to recognizing, the network switch may disable MAC address aging time for the MAC address of the IoT device on the network switch.

    INTELLIGENT ZERO TOUCH PROVISIONING FOR IPV6
    14.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200252287A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16265781

    申请日:2019-02-01

    Abstract: A network device may send, to a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, a request for an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address to be assigned to a management port of the network device, wherein IPv6 is disabled at the network device, and may receive a message that includes information associated with a network management system (NMS) and IPv6 configuration information for enabling IPv6 processing on the management port. In response to receiving the IPv6 configuration information, the network device may enable IPv6 processing on the management port of the network device and may register with the NMS based at least in part on the information associated with the NMS. The network device may, in response to receiving one or more configuration commands sent from the NMS to the management port of the network device, configure the network device according to the one or more configuration commands.

    Blockchain Routing Protocols
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200236032A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16254803

    申请日:2019-01-23

    Abstract: A method for network communication, the method including distributing a distributed ledger across a network having a plurality of nodes and maintaining the distributed ledger on each of the plurality of nodes of the network. The method further including initiating a modification to the network, verifying the modification to the network by checking the distributed ledger maintained by each of the plurality of nodes of the network, and permitting the modification to the network when the modification to the network is authorized by the distributed ledger maintained on each of the plurality of nodes in the network.

    REDUNDANT SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP) SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200186408A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16270552

    申请日:2019-02-07

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed in which Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) servers form a blockchain network. Each SNMP server stores and maintains a local copy of a consensus ledger for which a consensus agreement has been obtained among the SNMP servers. The consensus agreement may be based on a validation of one or more fingerprints for one or more blocks of information in the ledger. The fingerprint for each block may be based on information in a preceding block. The consensus ledger includes transaction information for SNMP operations performed between the SNMP servers and managed devices. The common consensus ledger helps ensure that bandwidth, CPU time, and energy for the managed devices and the SNMP servers is not wasted on duplicate SNMP operations.

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