GRE TUNNELING WITH REDUCED PACKET ENCRYPTION AT INTERMEDIATE ROUTERS USING LOOSE SOURCE ROUTING

    公开(公告)号:US20210092054A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-25

    申请号:US16948661

    申请日:2020-09-28

    Abstract: A network node may receive a packet having an inner internet protocol (IP) header and an outer IP header. The inner IP header may be encrypted. A loose source routing (LSR) field of the outer IP header may identify a recipient address. The network node may determine, based on the recipient address identified in the LSR field, a tunnel endpoint associated with a receiving network node. The network node may update the outer IP header of the packet to obtain an updated packet with an updated outer IP header. A source address of the updated outer IP header may be updated to a tunnel endpoint associated with the network node, and the destination address of the updated outer IP header may be updated to a tunnel endpoint associated with the receiving network node. The network node may route the updated packet according to the updated outer IP header.

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