Method and apparatus for autonomously managing a computer resource using a security certificate
AssigneeSymantec Corporation
InventorPaul Fredrick MacKay
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for autonomously managing a computer resource using a security certificate is described. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying attribute information from secure communications within the computing environment, wherein the attribute information is associated with a trusted relationship and establishing at least one resource parameter for customizing the computer resource based on the attribute information.
Claims20
A method for autonomously managing a computer resource using leveraged trusted relationships within a computing environment, comprising:
- extracting, at least one computer processor, attribute information, including at least a location parameter, from a security certificate within the computing environment, wherein the attribute information is associated with a trusted relationship;
- establishing at least one resource parameter based on the attribute information, wherein the at least one resource parameter indicates a type of organization associated with the computer resource;
- determining that the computer resource is to be customized without user intervention;
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- provisioning the computer resource with resources based on the type of organization associated with the computer resource.
An apparatus for autonomously managing a computer resource using leveraged trusted relationships within a computing environment, comprising:
- a memory comprising a security certificate, wherein the security certificate comprises attribute information, wherein the attribute information identifies an entity of a trusted relationship;
- an analyzer for extracting at least one resource parameter, including at least a location parameter, from the security certificate based on the attribute information and determining that the computer resource is to be customized without user intervention, wherein the at least one resource parameter indicates a type of organization associated with the computer resource;
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- a manager for provisioning the computer resource with resources based on the type of organization associated with the computer resource.
A system for autonomously managing a computer resource using leveraged trusted relationships within a computing environment, comprising:
- a client for communicating a security certificate that includes attribute information that identifies an entity of a trusted relationship;
- a server, comprising:
- an analyzer for extracting the attribute information, including at least a location parameter, from the security certificate, determining at least one resource parameter based upon the attribute information extracted from the security certificate, and determining that the computer resource is to be customized without user intervention, wherein the at least one resource parameter indicates a type of organization associated with the computer resource;
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- a manager for provisioning the computer resource with resources based on the type of organization associated with the computer resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.