×

Secure peer group network and method thereof by locking a mac address to an entity at physical layer

  • US 20100088748A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2009
  • Published: 04/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for creating a secure peer group (SPG) comprising:

  • locking a media access control (MAC) address of a first entity in a network to an identity of said first entity;

    registering said first entity as a member of the SPG, the SPG comprising of entities having their respective MAC address locked to an identity; and

    preventing a second entity from registering with the SPG using a MAC address already locked to an identity of at least one of the SPG entities;

    such that the SPG is enabled to avoid an attack on said network by a network entity attempting to use any one of said MAC address locked to a different identity within the SPG.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×