Patent ID: 11888901
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A system comprising:
a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
receive, by a first network device in a network, data packets directed to a first entity from a second entity, wherein the second entity is connected to a second network device in a network, and wherein each data packet includes a source role tag corresponding to the second entity;
drop, by the first network device, the data packets received from the second entity based on enforcement of an egress access policy between the source role tag and a destination role tag corresponding to the first entity;
determine, by the first network device, whether a number of the data packets that are dropped is greater than a pre-defined threshold; and
in response to determining that the number of the data packets that are dropped is greater than the pre-defined threshold,
communicate, by the first network device, a command to the second network device instructing the second network device to create a restriction on transmission of subsequent data packets originating from the second entity that is directed towards the first entity.