Security associations for devices
US7778422B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Generating symmetric keys among distributed appliances, includes generating public and private values on at least one appliance, importing a public value from another appliance via an out-of-band entity, and generating a secret value as a function of the private value corresponding to the local appliance and the public value received from the other appliance.
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