Method for Integrating a New Component Into a Network, Registration Component, and System

Abstract

Some embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for integrating a new component with a device certificate of a domain with a domain root certificate into a network with at least one existing component with an existing device certificate of the domain. An example method includes: accepting a request from the new component signed with the device certificate of the domain; determining the existing component with the existing device certificate transmitting the request to the existing component; verifying the device certificate using the domain root certificate of the domain; providing a response signed with the existing device certificate and provided with a network certificate using the existing component or obtaining a response signed with the existing device certificate and provided with a network certificate from the existing component; transmitting the response to the new component; and integrating the new component into the network using the network certificate.

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