Patent ID: 11968172
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus, comprising:
a network interface configured to enable network communications;
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing instructions that when executed configure the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining, from an access point, a registration request associated with an end device, the registration request including a new randomized media access control (MAC) address associated with the end device;
determining whether the end device is authorized to use the new randomized MAC address;
transmitting a message to the end device with a first randomly generated number generated by the apparatus, when it is determined that the end device is authorized to use the new randomized MAC address;
obtaining first integrity information associated with the end device, the first integrity information being computed based on the first randomly generated number;
transmitting a request to a validation system to validate the end device based on the first integrity information;
obtaining, from the validation system, an indication that the end device is validated;
determining policies associated with the end device when it is determined that the end device is validated; and
applying the policies to the end device.