| CPC H04L 63/083 (2013.01) [H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions operable when executed by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a security level from a first component of a Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) environment, wherein the security level determines a trustworthiness of information exchanged within the LISP environment;
encoding the security level using a LISP message format, wherein encoding the security level using the LISP message format comprises assigning a security level value to a first field of the LISP message format; and
distributing the security level with a LISP signaling message to a second component of the LISP environment.
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