US 2025/0168019 A1 · METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE CONFIGURATION OF A COMPUTE DEVICE

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to securely configure an endpoint. Example apparatus disclosed herein include memory, machine readable instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to access a certificate at an ePolicy orchestrator, the certificate including private key information, access a configuration, the configuration including policy information and installation instructions, sign the configuration using the private key information to securely sign the configuration, the signed configuration including a secured signature, create a secured installer using the certificate and the signed configuration, the secured installer including an agent, and provide the secured installer to an endpoint for installation of the agent and execution of the endpoint.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

memory;
machine readable instructions;
and
processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to:
extract one or more files from a secured installer, the one or more files including a configuration for an endpoint provided by a server, the secured installer including an agent;
read a certificate from the configuration, the certificate including information about the endpoint;
determine an action to be taken by the secured installer based on the information provided in the certificate;
and
determine a status of the endpoint based on the action to be taken by the secured installer and the configuration.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/029,811Filed 17 Jan 2025

Priority

1 Feb 2023

Published

22 May 2025

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

H04L 9/3268
Involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements: using…
H04L 9/3247
Including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity…:…
H04L 63/0823
For authentication of entities: using certificates
H04L 63/20
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for managing network security; network security policies in general

Methods and apparatus for secure configuration of a compute device

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Methods and apparatus for secure configuration of a compute device

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