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Secured deployment and provisioning of white-box based cluster

US11973885B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 2019
Grant dateApr 30, 2024
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/16
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for obtaining a secured routing functionality in a white-boxes based cluster which comprises a plurality of standalone white-boxes, wherein at least two of the standalone white-boxes were manufactured by different manufacturers, and wherein the method comprising identifying a serial number (S/N) associated with each white-box to be included in that cluster, determining pre-defined properties of each respective white-box based on the identification, and installing each of the white-boxes together with a respective computing platform software comprising a software agent provided by the manufacturer of that white-box.

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