Secret information distribution method and device
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsFanglong MEN, Mihai SERB, Fangzhan LI
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a secret information distribution method. The method includes: receiving, by a network functions virtualization infrastructure NFVI, secret information sent by management and orchestration (MANO); creating a virtual trusted platform (vTPM) in the NFVI, and writing the secret information into the vTPM; receiving, by the network functions virtualization infrastructure NFVI, a virtualized network function VNF initialization command from the MANO, and creating a VNF; and obtaining, by the VNF, the secret information from the vTPM.
Claims11
A secret information distribution method, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving, by a network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI), secret information sent by management and orchestration (MANO);
- creating a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) in the NFVI, and writing the secret information into the vTPM;
- receiving, by the NFVI, a virtualized network function (VNF) initialization command from the MANO, and creating a VNF;
- and
- obtaining, by the VNF, the secret information from the vTPM.
A secret information distribution system, wherein the system comprises management and orchestration (MANO) and a network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI), wherein
- the MANO is configured to send secret information to the NFVI;
- the NFVI is configured to:
- receive the secret information sent by the MANO, create a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) in the NFVI, and write the secret information into the vTPM;
- the NFVI is further configured to receive a virtualized network function (VNF) initialization command from the MANO and create a VNF;
- and
- the VNF is configured to obtain the secret information from the vTPM.
A network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI), comprising
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing a program to be executed by the one or more processors to cause the NFVI to:
- receive secret information from management and orchestration (MANO);
- create a virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) and write the secret information into the vTPM;
- receive a virtualized network function (VNF) initialization command from the MANO;
- create a VNF;
- and
- send the secret information to the VNF.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.