Managing a device cloud

A gateway computing device comprising one or more processors and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:

• provide a provisioning service for access credentials;
• receive, from a client device, a request for the access credentials, wherein the request was sent using a restricted-packet-size protocol;
• assess the client device to determine whether the client device is authorized to establish a connection with a network, wherein the gateway computing device is configured to access the client device using information that was previously received and cached prior to the gateway computing device receiving any requests from client devices for access credentials;
• in response to a determination that the client device is associated with an authorized user, segment data comprising the access credentials into a plurality of packets, wherein size of each of the plurality of packets conforms to a threshold size limit of the restricted-packet-size protocol, and wherein each of the plurality of packets comprises a header including sequencing information specifying an order in which the packet should be assembled with other packets at the client of the user for re-constructing the data comprising the access credentials;
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• send, to the client device, the plurality of packets comprising the access credentials using the restricted-packet-size protocol, wherein the data comprising the access credentials is re-assembled at the client device of the user using the sequencing information included in the packets.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by one or more processors of a gateway computing device to:

• provide a provisioning service for access credentials;
• receive, from a client device, a request for the access credentials, wherein the request was sent using a restricted-packet-size protocol;
• assess the client device to determine whether the client device is authorized to establish a connection with a network, wherein the gateway computing device is configured to access the client device using information that was previously received and cached prior to the gateway computing device receiving any requests from client devices for access credentials;
• in response to a determination that the client device is associated with an authorized user, segment data comprising the access credentials into a plurality of packets, wherein size of each of the plurality of packets conforms to a threshold size limit of the restricted-packet-size protocol, and wherein each of the plurality of packets comprises a header including sequencing information specifying an order in which the packet should be assembled with other packets at the client device of the user for re-constructing the data comprising the access credentials;
• and
• send, to the client device, the plurality of packets comprising the access credentials using the restricted-packet-size protocol, wherein the data comprising the access credentials is re-assembled at the client device of the user using the sequencing information included in the packets.