Configuring security mechanisms utilizing a trust system
US7853992B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Implementations of configuring security mechanisms utilizing a trust system are described. In one implementation, a request to communicate is received at a protected device. Before permission to communicate can be granted, a list of trusted devices is accessed. If information, such as an identity or a secret, associated with the device sending the request to communicate correlates to information found on the list of trusted devices, then communication can be allowed. Otherwise, communication between the device and the protected device can be denied.
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