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NETWORK SECURITY AND APPLICATIONS TO THE FABRIC ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20080072309A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2007
  • Published: 03/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for non-disruptively distributing and activating security parameters in a computer network, comprising the steps of:

  • distributing a security parameter to each network element in a set that contains a plurality of network elements; and

    after each element in the set has received the security parameter, activating the security parameter by all the network elements in the set, the step of activating including the sub-steps of;

    distributing a command to activate the security parameter to all the network elements in the set, sending, by a first network element in the set, security information to a second network element in the set, determining by the second network element whether the security information received from the first network element is compatible with security information of the second network element, and taking corrective action by the second network element if the second network element finds an incompatibility.

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