CPC H04L 63/1483 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first network element in a network fabric, a first request message comprising an endpoint entity identifier associated with an endpoint entity, the first request message being triggered by a second network element in the network fabric receiving a multicast reverse address resolution protocol request;
performing, by the first network element, a lookup in a local database, based on the endpoint entity identifier; and
based on the lookup indicating that the endpoint entity identifier is found in the local database, broadcasting a second request message which is a probe to the endpoint entity so as to trigger an Internet Protocol (IP) address theft validating process by the second network element based on a response to the second request message from the endpoint entity.
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