Patents by Inventor Julien Grobbelaar

Julien Grobbelaar 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 apparatus for verifying source addresses in a communication network
    Patent number: 9930049
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet from an end node, the packet comprising an authenticated source MAC (Media Access Control) address and a source IP (Internet Protocol) address computed based on the authenticated source MAC address, and verifying the source IP address in the received packet, wherein verifying the source IP address comprises computing an IP address based on the authenticated source MAC address and comparing the computed IP address to the source IP address in the received packet to verify the source IP address. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Eric Levy-Abegnoli, Shweta Choudaha, Julien Grobbelaar, Matthew King
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING SOURCE ADDRESSES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160212150
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet from an end node, the packet comprising an authenticated source MAC (Media Access Control) address and a source IP (Internet Protocol) address computed based on the authenticated source MAC address, and verifying the source IP address in the received packet, wherein verifying the source IP address comprises computing an IP address based on the authenticated source MAC address and comparing the computed IP address to the source IP address in the received packet to verify the source IP address. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Pascal Thubert, Eric Levy-Abegnoli, Shweta Choudaha, Julien Grobbelaar, Matthew King