Patent ID: 8547874
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: configuring, between a first tunnel endpoint device and a second tunnel endpoint device, a single security association for an interne protocol security (IPsec) tunnel, the first tunnel endpoint device servicing a first plurality of end devices and the second tunnel endpoint device servicing a second plurality of end devices, the second plurality being different from the first plurality of end devices, the single security association defining network traffic policies on network communications between the first and second endpoint devices, the configuring including: providing network information about the plurality of sub-network routes to the first and second plurality of end devices; and using the network information about the plurality of sub-network routes to route network traffic to the first plurality of end devices from the second plurality of end devices through the IPsec tunnel facilitated through the plurality of sub-network routes by the single security association.