Patents by Inventor Thilan Niroshaka Ganegedara

Thilan Niroshaka Ganegedara 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 federated firewall security
    Patent number: 10021070
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving capability information from an end host at a centralized security matrix in communication with a firewall and a plurality of end hosts, verifying at the centralized security matrix, a trust level of the end host, assigning at the centralized security matrix, a firewall function to the end host based on the trust level and capability information, and notifying the firewall of the firewall function assigned to the end host. Firewall functions are offloaded from the firewall to the end hosts by the centralized security matrix. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Teng, Subharthi Paul, Thilan Niroshaka Ganegedara, Xun Wang, Saman Taghavi Zargar, Jayaraman Iyer
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEDERATED FIREWALL SECURITY
    Publication number: 20170180316
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving capability information from an end host at a centralized security matrix in communication with a firewall and a plurality of end hosts, verifying at the centralized security matrix, a trust level of the end host, assigning at the centralized security matrix, a firewall function to the end host based on the trust level and capability information, and notifying the firewall of the firewall function assigned to the end host. Firewall functions are offloaded from the firewall to the end hosts by the centralized security matrix. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Teng, Subharthi Paul, Thilan Niroshaka Ganegedara, Xun Wang, Saman Taghavi Zargar, Jayaraman Iyer