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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by an authorization server and 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, by the authorization server, whether the end device is authorized to use the new randomized MAC address;
transmitting, by the authorization server, a message to the end device with a first randomly generated number generated by the authorization server when it is determined that the end device is authorized to use the new randomized MAC address;
obtaining, by the authorization server, first integrity information associated with the end device, the first integrity information being computed based on the first randomly generated number;
transmitting, by the authorization server, a request to a validation system to validate the end device based on the first integrity information;
obtaining, by the authorization server and from the validation system, an indication that the end device is validated;
determining, by the authorization server, policies associated with the end device when it is determined that the end device is validated; and
applying, by the authorization server, the policies to the end device.