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Flexible device onboarding via bootstrap keys

US10791462B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Eliot Lear · Wetzikon, CH
Owen Friel · Galway, IE
Max Pritikin · Boulder, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2019
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W76/11
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This technology uses a bootstrap key (“BSK”) to securely onboard a computing device to a network. A unique BSK associated with an onboarding computing device is used to verify for various deployment models (1) that the computing device has proof the computing device is connecting to the correct wired or wireless network and (2) that the network has proof the computing device is trusted. The BSK may be an associated BSK or an embedded BSK. A computing device receives a signed voucher from the manufacturer authorized signing authority (“MASA”) before the computing device may onboard to a network. The MASA will issue a voucher to a Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key Infrastructure (“BRSKI”) registrar if the registrar proves knowledge of the computing device's BSK to the MASA or the registrar has an established trust relationship with the MASA.

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