Authenticating cloud services
US9288193B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/62
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates authenticating cloud services that execute in an untrusted cloud computing environment. During operation, a verifying party receives a request for a credential from a compute instance that is executing in the untrusted cloud computing environment. This request includes one or more metadata parameters that are associated with the compute instance. The verifying party queries a management interface for the untrusted cloud computing environment to retrieve a second set of metadata parameters for the compute instance, and then compares the two sets of parameters. If the values for the two sets of parameters match, the verifying party grants the credential to the requesting compute instance. Otherwise, the verifying party denies the request.
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