Method and apparatus for protecting a network from attack
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Apr 29, 2008
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Feb 12, 2004
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Aug 7, 2002
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Aug 7, 2002
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A method and apparatus to initializing a network device is described. In one embodiment, the present invention includes the step of: retrieving an initial communications address from a local memory of the network device; transmitting a secure identifier to the initial communications address verifying the authenticity of the secure identifier; retrieving a configuration record from a configuration record repository, the retrieved configuration record being associated with the network device that corresponds to the secure identifier; receiving the configuration record at the network device; and installing the configuration record at the network device.
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