Dynamic firewall and dynamic host configuration protocol configuration
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1. A dynamic network interfaces system, comprising:
- an at least one computer system; and
a dynamic network interfaces application that, when executed on the at least one computer system;
determines that a client device requesting a network service is a member of a group, wherein members of the group are associated with a single virtual local area network tag,determines that the client device is the first member of the group to request access to the network service,obtains subnet interface information from a subnet interface pool and the virtual local area network tag from a virtual local area network tag pool, wherein the virtual local area network tag is randomly selected from the virtual local area network tag pool and is unrelated to, and randomly combined with, the subnet interface information,sends to an access device and a firewall device the subnet interface information from the subnet interface pool, the virtual local area network tag from the virtual local area network tag pool, physical interface designations, and instructions to configure a subnet interface using the subnet interface information and the virtual local area network tag and associate the subnet interface with the designated physical interfaces on the access device and the firewall device to provision a virtual local area network,activates the virtual local area network in response to receiving at least one message from the access device and the firewall device indicating that the subnet interface has been configured on each device and associated with the virtual local area network tag and the designated physical interfaces.
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Abstract
A system is provided comprising a computer system and a dynamic network interfaces application that executes on the computer system. The dynamic network interfaces application activates a virtual local area network (VLAN) by associating subnet interface information and a virtual local area network tag, wherein the virtual local area network tag is unrelated to and randomly combined with the subnet interface information, and by transmitting the association of the subnet interface information and the virtual local area network tag to a firewall component and to a network access component.
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1. A dynamic network interfaces system, comprising:
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an at least one computer system; and a dynamic network interfaces application that, when executed on the at least one computer system; determines that a client device requesting a network service is a member of a group, wherein members of the group are associated with a single virtual local area network tag, determines that the client device is the first member of the group to request access to the network service, obtains subnet interface information from a subnet interface pool and the virtual local area network tag from a virtual local area network tag pool, wherein the virtual local area network tag is randomly selected from the virtual local area network tag pool and is unrelated to, and randomly combined with, the subnet interface information, sends to an access device and a firewall device the subnet interface information from the subnet interface pool, the virtual local area network tag from the virtual local area network tag pool, physical interface designations, and instructions to configure a subnet interface using the subnet interface information and the virtual local area network tag and associate the subnet interface with the designated physical interfaces on the access device and the firewall device to provision a virtual local area network, activates the virtual local area network in response to receiving at least one message from the access device and the firewall device indicating that the subnet interface has been configured on each device and associated with the virtual local area network tag and the designated physical interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of dynamically provisioning virtual local area networks, comprising:
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obtaining, by a server, a first subnet interface information from a subnet interface pool in a configuration database and a first virtual local area network tag from a virtual local area network tag pool in the configuration database, wherein the first virtual local area network tag is randomly selected from the virtual local area network tag pool and is unrelated to, and randomly combined with, the first subnet interface information; provisioning, by a server, a first virtual local area network by transmitting the first subnet interface information and the first virtual local area network tag to a firewall device and to a first access device; obtaining, by a server, a second subnet interface information from the subnet interface pool in the configuration database and a second virtual local area network tag from the virtual local area network tag pool in the configuration database, wherein the second virtual local area network tag is randomly selected from the virtual local area network tag pool and is unrelated to, and randomly combined with, the second subnet interface information; provisioning, by a server, a second virtual local area network by transmitting the second subnet interface information and the second virtual local area network tag to the firewall device and to a second access device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of dynamically provisioning a virtual local area network, comprising:
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determining, by a server, that a client device requesting a network service is a member of a group wherein members of the group are associated with a single virtual local area network tag; determining, by a server, that the client device is the first member of the group to request access to the network service; obtaining, by a server, subnet interface information from a subnet interface pool and the virtual local area network tag from a virtual local area network tag pool, wherein the virtual local area network tag is randomly selected from the virtual local area network tag pool and is unrelated to, and randomly combined with, the subnet interface information, sending, by a server, to an access device and a firewall device the subnet interface information from the subnet interface pool, the virtual local area network tag from the virtual local area network tag pool, physical interface designations, and instructions to configure a subnet interface using the subnet interface information and the virtual local area network tag and associate the subnet interface with the designated physical interfaces on the access device and the firewall device to provision the virtual local area network, and activating, by a server, the virtual local area network in response to receiving at least one message from the access device and the firewall device indicating that the subnet interface has been configured on each device and associated with the virtual local area network tag and the designated physical interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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