US 12,355,752 B2
Enabling a bulk release of multiple logins for a server device
Jayadev H R, Bangalore (IN); Kiran Kumar K, Bangalore (IN); and Subramanya Sharma P K, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,207.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323177 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0815 (2013.01) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a network device and from a plurality of endpoint devices, a plurality of login requests for a server device;
establishing, by the network device, a plurality of logins with the server device based on the plurality of login requests;
generating, by the network device, a discover message with a bulk release message indicating that the network device is capable of bulk release;
including, by the network device, an identifier of the network device in the bulk release message;
determining, by the network device, whether an address of the network device is shared across interfaces of the network device with the plurality of endpoint devices;
selectively:
including, by the network device, the address of the network device in the bulk release message based on the address of the network device not being shared across the interfaces of the network device; or
including, by the network device, a group identifier for the plurality of endpoint devices in the bulk release message based on the address of the network device being shared across the interfaces of the network device;
determining, by the network device, that a restart of one or more components of the network device is to occur; and
providing, by the network device, the bulk release message to the server device based on determining that the restart of the one or more components of the network device is to occur.