Coordinated network initiator management that avoids security conflicts
US7287276B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 8, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An abstraction module that facilitates security configuration amongst a number of initiators in a manner that there are no conflicts in the security information across all initiators. The abstraction module exposes a common interface that may be used to configure any of the initiators, receives through this common interface an indication that a selected one of the initiators is to be configured to communicate with a selected target device, and retrieves security information from a common database, the database including information that is relevant to configuring security for any of the plurality of initiators. The abstraction module identifies a security configuration for the selected initiator using the retrieved security information and, if the settings would not cause a conflict with any of the other of the initiators, uses the identified security configuration to configure the selected initiator.
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