System and method for providing a seamless and secure access to management and monitoring systems
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsGeorge Francis Ramsay, III, Saurabh Kishore, Arulnambi Raju, Dung K. Le
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AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsGeorge Francis Ramsay, III, Saurabh Kishore, Arulnambi Raju, Dung K. Le
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An information handling system includes a wireless management controller having a first wireless network interface used to establish a secure short-range wireless network connection between a management controller and a mobile device. A second wireless network interface establishes a peer-to-peer wireless network connection between the management controller and the mobile device. The management controller stores a secure shell public key received from the mobile device through the secure short-range wireless network connection. The management controller randomly identifies a port number for the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, and disables network traffic through other ports associated with the peer-to-peer wireless network connection. The management controller also transmits a media access control address, the port number, and a host fingerprint to the mobile device through the secure short-range wireless network connection, and receives an access request from the mobile device on the port number of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection after the mobile device authenticated the media access control address and the host fingerprint Determining whether the mobile device is authentic through a secure shell negotiation based on the received secure shell public key. In response to the determination that the mobile device is authentic identifying a group owner of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection based on a negotiation with the mobile device. After the establishment of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, the management controller may communicate packets with the mobile device on the port number of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, where outbound packets are encrypted and inbound packets are decrypted.
A method for a host to provide a seamless and secure access to a management and monitoring system to a mobile device, the method comprising:
An information handling system, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.