OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH VENDOR AUTHENTICATION
First Claim
1. In an environment that includes an optical transceiver communicatively coupled to a host computing system, wherein the optical transceiver includes a processor and a memory having thereon encryption/decryption microcode that, when executed, causes the optical transceiver to perform an encryption or decryption operation, a method for allowing the optical transceiver to be authenticated by the host, the method comprising:
- an act of receiving data from a host computing system; and
an act of performing an encryption or decryption operation on the data to thereby authenticate the optical transceiver.
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Abstract
An optical receiver comprising at least one processor and a memory including at least one of an encryption key or a decryption key and at least one of encryption microcode or decryption microcode that includes processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the optical transceiver to perform the following: an act of performing an encryption or decryption operation on data received from a host computing system to thereby authenticate the optical transceiver.
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20 Claims
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1. In an environment that includes an optical transceiver communicatively coupled to a host computing system, wherein the optical transceiver includes a processor and a memory having thereon encryption/decryption microcode that, when executed, causes the optical transceiver to perform an encryption or decryption operation, a method for allowing the optical transceiver to be authenticated by the host, the method comprising:
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an act of receiving data from a host computing system; and an act of performing an encryption or decryption operation on the data to thereby authenticate the optical transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In an environment that includes an optical transceiver communicatively coupled to a host computing system, wherein the optical transceiver includes a processor and a memory having thereon decryption microcode that, when executed, causes the optical transceiver to perform a decryption operation, a method for allowing the optical transceiver to be authenticated by the host, the method comprising:
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an act of receiving encrypted data from a host computing system; an act of receiving unencrypted data from the host computing system; an act of performing a decryption operation using decryption microcode to thereby decrypt the encrypted data; and an act of comparing the decrypted data with the unencrypted data to verify that the optical transceiver is authentic. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An optical receiver comprising:
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at least one processor; a memory including at least one of an encryption key or a decryption key and at least one of encryption microcode or decryption microcode that includes processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the optical transceiver to perform the following; an act of performing an encryption or decryption operation on data received from a host computing system to thereby authenticate the optical transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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