Patents by Inventor Ford Tamer

Ford Tamer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for securing a network utilizing IPsec and MACsec protocols
    Patent number: 7853691
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for securing a network utilizing IPsec and MACsec protocols are provided. In one or more network nodes, aspects of the invention may enable conversion between Ethernet packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols and Ethernet packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols. For example, IPsec connections may be terminated at an ingress network node and IPsec connections may be regenerated at an egress network node. Packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols may be detected based on an Ethertype. Packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols may be detected based on a protocol field or a next header field. The conversion may be based on a data structure stored by and/or accessible to the network nodes. Aspects of the invention may enable securing data utilizing MACsec protocols when tunneling IPsec secured data through non-IPsec enabled nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Uri Elzur, Bora Akyol, Zheng Qi, Mark Buer, Ford Tamer, Yongbum Kim
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING A NETWORK UTILIZING IPSEC and MACSEC PROTOCOLS
    Publication number: 20080126559
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for securing a network utilizing IPsec and MACsec protocols are provided. In one or more network nodes, aspects of the invention may enable conversion between Ethernet packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols and Ethernet packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols. For example, IPsec connections may be terminated at an ingress network node and IPsec connections may be regenerated at an egress network node. Packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols may be detected based on an Ethertype. Packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols may be detected based on a protocol field or a next header field. The conversion may be based on a data structure stored by and/or accessible to the network nodes. Aspects of the invention may enable securing data utilizing MACsec protocols when tunneling IPsec secured data through non-IPsec enabled nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Uri Elzur, Bora Akyol, Zheng Qi, Mark Buer, Ford Tamer, Yongbum Kim