METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PRE-SHARED KEY

• US 20110154458A1
• Filed: 02/23/2011
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Broyles, Paul J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,171,302 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication

Abstract

There is provided a system and method for creating a pre-shared key. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising accessing an identifier associated with a computer system, and performing at least one mathematical function on the identifier to create a pre-shared key for the computer system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing an identifier associated with a computer system; and

performing at least one mathematical function on the identifier to create a pre-shared key for the computer system, wherein performing the at least one mathematical function comprises;

performing a first mathematical function on the identifier to create a product ID; and

performing a second mathematical function on the identifier and the product ID to create a passphrase.

2. The method, as set forth in claim 1, comprising performing a third mathematical function to create an administrator password.

3. The method, as set forth in claim 2, comprising concatenating the product ID, passphrase, and administrator password.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

code adapted to access an identifier associated with a computer system; and

code adapted to perform at least one mathematical function on the identifier to create a pre-shared key for the computer system, wherein performing the at least one mathematical function comprises;

performing a first mathematical function on the identifier to create a product ID; and

performing a second mathematical function on the identifier and the product ID to create a passphrase.

5. The tangible machine readable medium, as set forth in claim 4, comprising performing a third mathematical function to create an administrator password.

6. The tangible machine readable medium, as set forth in claim 5, comprising concatenating the product ID, passphrase, and administrator password.

7. A method comprising:

receiving at a remote console an identifier associated with a computer system from a customer;

entering the identifier into a software program configured to create a pre-shared key for the computer system based on the identifier; and

accessing the computer system using the pre-shared key, wherein creating the pre-shared key for the computer system based on the identifier comprises;

performing a first mathematical function on the identifier to create a product ID; and

performing a second mathematical function on the identifier and the product ID to create a passphrase.

8. The method, as set forth in claim 7 comprising performing a third mathematical function to create an administrator password.

9. The method, as set forth in claim 8, comprising concatenating the product ID, passphrase, and administrator password.