Protected dynamic provisioning of credentials
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsNancy Winget, Mark Krischer, Ilan Frenkel, Hao Zhou
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Abstract
A method and implementation is disclosed for secure communication between two or more parties. A secure tunnel is established between parties using an encryption algorithm. An authentication process is performed between parties over the secured tunnel. The provisioning of credentials is thereafter performed between parties.
Claims24
A method of secure communication comprising:
- providing a communication implementation between at least first and second parties;
- establishing a secure tunnel between the at least first and second parties using an encryption algorithm;
- authenticating between the at least first and second parties over the secured tunnel;
- provisioning secure credentials between the at least first and second parties using the secured tunnel.
An implementation for enabling secure communication comprising:
- an implementation for enabling communication between first and second parties;
- an implementation for establishing a secure tunnel between the at least first and second parties using an encryption algorithm;
- an implementation for provisioning secure credentials over the secured tunnel between the at least first and second parties;
- an implementation for authenticating between the at least first and second parties over the secured tunnel.
A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for enabling secure communication, the computer readable program code in a computer program product comprising:
- instructions for communication between at least first and second parties;
- instructions for establishing a secure tunnel between the at least first and second parties using an encryption algorithm;
- instructions for authenticating between the at least first and second parties over the secured tunnel;
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- instructions for provisioning secure credentials between the at least first and second parties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.