US 11,962,621 B2
Applying network access control configurations with a network switch based on device health
Biju Ramachandra Kaimal, Bangalore (IN); Andrew J. Thomas, Long Wittenham (GB); Kerav Vaidya, Peterborough, NH (US); Yogesh Bansal, Bangalore (IN); and Robert Paul Andrews, Pflugerville, TX (US)
Assigned to Sophos Limited, Abingdon (GB)
Filed by Sophos Limited, Abingdon (GB)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,493.
Claims priority of application No. 202211019566 (IN), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319113 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/20 (2013.01) [H04L 63/101 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for applying a network access control configuration associated with a network switch comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors of a computer system, information related to device health of an electronic device;
determining, by the one or more processors of the computer system, a health status of the electronic device based at least in part on the received information related to the device health of the electronic device;
requesting, by a network switch having a port connected to the electronic device, the health status of the electronic device from the one or more processors of the computer system;
receiving, by the one or more processors of the computer system, the request for the health status of the electronic device from the network switch;
transmitting, by the one or more processors of the computer system, the health status of the electronic device to the network switch;
receiving, by the network switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device;
evaluating, by the network switch, the transmitted health status of the electronic device using network access rules corresponding to health statuses; and
applying, by the network switch, a network access control configuration to the port of the network switch based on the evaluating the transmitted health status of the electronic device using the network access rules.