Patent ID: 11882029
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A network device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors to:
exchange Internet key exchange (IKE) messages with an egress network device of an multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network to establish a security association between the network device and the egress network device;
receive a packet destined for a destination network device;
encrypt, using a secure function, the packet to generate an encrypted packet;
generate an MPLS packet comprising:
an MPLS header that includes a secure function indicator,
a secure MPLS data header that includes information identifying the secure function, and
an MPLS payload that includes the encrypted packet; and

forward the MPLS packet.