Automating establishment of initial mutual trust during deployment of a virtual appliance in a managed virtual data center environment
US10728243B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 17, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45587
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
System and method for securely deploying a virtual machine in a data center is disclosed. In one embodiment, public keys are established between the requesting virtual machine and the deployed virtual machine, so that authentication and communication between the machines can occur using the public keys. In another embodiment, a secret private key is established between the requesting virtual machine and the deployed virtual machine using a password authenticated key exchange protocol. Authentication and communication between the machines is then established using the secret private key.
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