Patent ID: 11895100
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method performed at least partly by a multi-site controller (MSC) for a multi-site network, the method comprising:
receiving, at the MSC and from a first site of the multi-site network, a request to distribute an encryption key to a second site of the multi-site network, wherein the request includes a value associated with the encryption key;
sending, from the MSC and to the second site, the encryption key and the value, wherein the encryption key is configured to decrypt encrypted packets sent from the first site;
receiving, at the MSC and from the second site, an acknowledgment that the encryption key was received at the second site; and
sending, from the MSC and to the first site, a confirmation that the encryption key and the value were received at the second site.