SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN UN-ADDRESSABLE NETWORK APPLIANCE
First Claim
1. A network appliance comprising:
- an un-addressable communication sub-system positioned in a communication path electronically connecting a control computing device to a target computing device that are both addressable via one or more standard networking protocols that can employed to achieve addressed communications in a structured communications network, the un-addressable communication sub-system being configured to access a data stream traveling through the communication path; and
memory comprising code executable by a processor to;
determine that a control command is present in the data stream; and
permit the control command to control the network appliance only in response to an affirmative determination that the control computing device and the network appliance possess mating key portions, the mating key portions being constructed from a master key.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A network appliance is provided. The network appliance includes an un-addressable communication sub-system positioned in a communication path electronically connecting a control computing device to a target computing device that are both addressable via one or more standard networking protocols that can employed to achieve addressed communications in a structured communications network, the un-addressable communication sub-system being configured to access a data stream traveling through the communication path. The network appliance further includes memory comprising code executable by a processor to determine that a control command is present in the data stream, and permit the control command to control the network appliance only in response to an affirmative determination that the control computing device and the network appliance possess mating key portions, the mating key portions being constructed from a master key.
-
Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A network appliance comprising:
-
an un-addressable communication sub-system positioned in a communication path electronically connecting a control computing device to a target computing device that are both addressable via one or more standard networking protocols that can employed to achieve addressed communications in a structured communications network, the un-addressable communication sub-system being configured to access a data stream traveling through the communication path; and memory comprising code executable by a processor to; determine that a control command is present in the data stream; and permit the control command to control the network appliance only in response to an affirmative determination that the control computing device and the network appliance possess mating key portions, the mating key portions being constructed from a master key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A computing system for securely controlling a network appliance, comprising:
-
a target computing device positioned in a structured communications network and addressable via one or more standard networking protocols that can be employed to achieve addressed communications in the structured communications network; a control computing device addressable via one or more standard networking protocols that can employed to achieve addressed communications in the structured communications network and positioned in the structured communications network comprising; a first key portion stored in memory executable by a processor and constructed from a master key, the master key being in a format that does not conform to pre-defined network standards; and the memory comprising code executable by the processor to send a control command to the target computing device via a communication path electronically connecting the control computing device to the target computing device; and the network appliance comprising; an un-addressable communication sub-system positioned in the communication path, the un-addressable communication sub-system being configured to access a data stream traveling through the communication path; a second key portion stored in memory, constructed from the master key, and mated with the first key portion; and the memory comprising code executable by a processor to; determine that the control command is present in the data stream; and permit the control command to control the network appliance only in response to an affirmative determination that the control computing device and the network appliance possess mating key portions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A method for securely controlling a network appliance comprising:
-
at a network appliance un-addressable in a structured communications network and positioned in a communication path electronically connecting a control computing device to a target computing device that are both addressable via one or more standard networking protocols that can employed to achieve addressed communications in the structured communications network, determining that a control command is present in a data stream sent through a communication path; and permitting the control command to control the network appliance only in response to an affirmative determination that the control computing device and the network appliance possess mating key portions, the mating key portions being constructed from a master key. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
Specification