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Systems and methods for pre-configuration attestation of network devices

US11451560B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Sujal Sheth · Sayla, IN
Shwetha Subray Bhandari · Bengaluru, IN
Eric Voit · Baltimore, US
William F. Sulzen · Apex, US
Frank Brockners · Cologne, DE
Selvaraj Mani · Milpitas, US
Eliot Lear · Wetzikon, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 2020
Grant date	Sep 20, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 23, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/686
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for measurement of trustworthiness of network devices prior to their configuration and deployment in a network. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for pre-configuration of network devices includes receiving, at a dynamic host configuration server, a first request from a network device for configuration data, the configuration data including at least an IP address; sending, by the dynamic host configuration server, a second request to the network device for attestation information; verifying, by the dynamic host configuration server, the network device based on the attestation information; and assigning, by the dynamic host configuration server, the configuration data to the network device upon verifying the network device.

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