Low friction device enrollment
AssigneeEntrust Corporation
InventorTimothy Edward Moses
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Abstract
A constrained device includes an exterior surface affixed with a public key associated with the constrained device. Alternatively, or in addition, the public key may be included in a container that stores the constrained device. The constrained device also includes memory, which stores a private key, wherein the private key corresponds to the public key that is affixed on the exterior surface of the constrained device. By displaying the public key on the constrained device, a system administrator may document the public key and related information about the device and its intended role in the network without requiring any human interface or any establishment of power or network at the installation site.
Claims20
A constrained device comprising:
- an exterior surface affixed with a public key associated with the constrained device;
- and
- memory storing a private key, wherein the private key corresponds to the public key that is affixed on the exterior surface of the constrained device.
A method for enrolling a constrained device into a network, the method comprising:
- generating, by an authorization server, a database entry to enroll a constrained device into the network, the constrained device having an exterior surface affixed with a public key associated with the constrained device;
- generating, by the authorization server, a token for the constrained device;
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- issuing the token to the constrained device for authenticating the constrained device in the network.
A constrained device comprising:
- an exterior surface affixed with a label, wherein an identifier is printed on the label that references a public key corresponding to the constrained device;
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- memory storing a private key corresponding to the identifier as the public key corresponding to the constrained device.
An article comprising:
- a constrained device, the constrained device having memory storing a private key;
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- a container adapted to store the constrained device prior to use of the constrained device, wherein the container includes a public key that corresponds to the private key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.