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Remote client remediation

  • US 7,792,990 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2007
  • Issued: 09/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for remote client remediation, comprising:

  • identifying, by a local network device, a client connected to the local network device and associated with an original VLAN and needing remediation;

    creating at the local network device an entry in a lookup table, said entry including a MAC address of the client, a flag indicating a remediation status of the client, information of the original VLAN, and a tunnel-encapsulation IP address of a remote switch connected to a remote remediation functionality;

    receiving at the local network device packets from the client during remediation;

    performing a lookup in the lookup table using information in the packets;

    if the information in the packets matches with the entry in the lookup table, determining whether the flag in the entry indicates the client needs remediation;

    if the flag in the entry indicates the client needs remediation, tunnel-encapsulating the packets; and

    forwarding the tunnel-encapsulated packets to the remote remediation functionality different from an original destination address of the packets and having membership in a remediation VLAN different from the original VLAN.

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