Establishing a secure file transfer session for secure file transfer to a demarcation device
AssigneeZTE Portugal-Projectors de Telecomunicações Unipessoal Lda
InventorMarek Hajduczenia
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Abstract
Systems, devices and techniques for establishing a secure file transfer session for secure downloading of configuration files to a Demarcation device are disclosed. Communication is established with a first network device. A password challenge message is received from the first network device. A username is generated. A password is generated using the password challenge message and a locally stored salt key. The username and the password are communicated to a second network device via the first network device, to facilitate establishing a secure file transfer connection with the second network device.
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A method of establishing a secure file transfer session for secure downloading of configuration files at a Demarcation device, comprising:
- establishing communication with a first network device;
- receiving a password challenge message from the first network device;
- generating a username;
- generating a password using the password challenge message and a locally stored salt key;
- and
- communicating the username and the password to a second network device via the first network device, to facilitate establishing the secure file transfer connection with a second network device.
An apparatus for establishing a secure file transfer session for secure downloading of configuration files at a Demarcation device, comprising:
- means for establishing communication with a first network device;
- means for receiving a password challenge message from the first network device;
- means for generating a username;
- means for generating a password using the password challenge message and a locally stored salt key;
- and
- means for communicating the username and the password to the second network device via the first network device, to facilitate establishing a secure file transfer connection with a second network device.
A computer program product comprising a non-volatile, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising code for:
- establishing communication with a first network device;
- receiving a password challenge message from the first network device;
- generating a username;
- generating a password using the password challenge message and a locally stored salt key;
- and
- communicating the username and the password to a second network device via the first network device, to facilitate establishing a secure file transfer connection with the second network device.
A method of establishing a secure file transfer session for facilitating secure downloading of service configuration files to a Demarcation device, comprising:
- facilitating establishing a communication between the Demarcation device and a back-office server;
- receiving a control message from the back-office server specifying a password challenge transmission mode;
- and
- transmitting, based on the password challenge transmission mode, a password challenge message to the Demarcation device.
An apparatus for establishing a secure file transfer session for facilitating secure downloading of configuration files to a Demarcation device, comprising:
- means for facilitating establishing a communication between the Demarcation device and a back-office server;
- means for receiving a control message from the back-office server specifying a password challenge mode;
- and
- means for transmitting, based on the password challenge mode, a password challenge message to the Demarcation device.
A computer program product comprising a non-volatile, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising code for:
- facilitating establishing a communication between the Demarcation device and a back-office server;
- receiving a control message from the back-office server specifying a password challenge mode;
- and
- transmitting, based on the password challenge mode, a password challenge message to the Demarcation device.
A method for establishing a secure file transfer session for secure providing of configuration files to a Demarcation device, comprising:
- directing a network device to transmit a password challenge message to the Demarcation device;
- receiving a secure transmission request message from the Demarcation device, comprising a username and a password, based, at least in part, on the password challenge message;
- establishing, upon successful validation of the secure transmission request message, a secure file download connection with the Demarcation device for download of configuration files to the demarcation message via a secure connection.
An apparatus for securely providing configuration files to a Demarcation device, comprising:
- means for directing a network device to transmit a password challenge message to the Demarcation device;
- means for receiving a secure transmission request message from the Demarcation device, comprising a username and a password, based, in part, on the password challenge message;
- means for establishing, upon successful validation of the secure transmission request message, a secure file download connection with the Demarcation device for download of configuration files to the demarcation message via a secure connection.
A computer program product comprising a non-volatile, computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising code for:
- directing a network device to transmit a password challenge message to the Demarcation device;
- receiving a secure transmission request message from the Demarcation device, comprising a username and a password, based, in part, on the password challenge message;
- establishing, upon successful validation of the secure transmission request message, a secure file download connection with the Demarcation device for download of configuration files to the demarcation message via a secure connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.