US 12,149,564 B2
Compliant node identification
Marcelo Yannuzzi, Vufflens-la-Ville (CH); Benjamin William Ryder, Lausanne (CH); Jean Andrei Diaconu, Haute-Savoie (FR); Hervé Muyal, Gland (CH); and Hitesh S. Saijpal, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,508.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039958 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/20 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a device, an identifier of a proof of location process (PLP) and an identifier of a node where the PLP is executed;
receiving, by the device, a query from a compliance engine for a proof of location of the node where the PLP is executed;
identifying, by the device and based on the identifier of the PLP and the identifier of the node, a physical location of the node; and
providing, by the device and to the compliance engine, a response to the query that is indicative of the physical location of the node, wherein the compliance engine enforces one or more data compliance policies with respect to a workload executed by the node and based on the physical location of the node.