ESTABLISHING TRUST WITHIN A CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A cloud computing system comprises:
- a cloud system managing unit having a system level manager trusted certificate;
a plurality of sets of devices, wherein a set of devices of the plurality of sets of devices includes one or more devices having a common aspect; and
a plurality of authentication servers, wherein an authentication server of the plurality of authentication servers is associated with one of the plurality of sets of devices based on the common aspect, wherein each of the plurality of authentication servers has a unique device level server trusted certificate and a unique system level server trusted certificate;
wherein;
a corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of one of the plurality of sets of devices establishes trust therebetween based on the unique device level server trusted certificate of the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers;
the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit establishes trust therebetween based on at least one of the unique system level server trusted certificate and the system level manager trusted certificate;
the cloud system managing unit and the one or more devices of one of the plurality of sets of devices establish trust therebetween based on the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of the one of the plurality of sets of devices and the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit; and
the cloud system managing unit configures the cloud computing system based on the trust between the cloud system managing unit and devices of the plurality of sets of devices.
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Abstract
A cloud computing system includes a cloud system managing unit, a plurality of sets of devices, where a set of devices includes one or more devices having a common aspect, and a plurality of authentication servers, where an authentication server is associated with one of the plurality of sets of devices based on the common aspect. The cloud computing system functions to establish trust between a corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of one of the plurality of sets of devices, between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit, and between the cloud system managing unit and the one or more devices. The cloud system managing unit configures the cloud computing system based on the trust between the cloud system managing unit and devices of the plurality of sets of devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A cloud computing system comprises:
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a cloud system managing unit having a system level manager trusted certificate; a plurality of sets of devices, wherein a set of devices of the plurality of sets of devices includes one or more devices having a common aspect; and a plurality of authentication servers, wherein an authentication server of the plurality of authentication servers is associated with one of the plurality of sets of devices based on the common aspect, wherein each of the plurality of authentication servers has a unique device level server trusted certificate and a unique system level server trusted certificate;
wherein;a corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of one of the plurality of sets of devices establishes trust therebetween based on the unique device level server trusted certificate of the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers; the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit establishes trust therebetween based on at least one of the unique system level server trusted certificate and the system level manager trusted certificate; the cloud system managing unit and the one or more devices of one of the plurality of sets of devices establish trust therebetween based on the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of the one of the plurality of sets of devices and the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit; and the cloud system managing unit configures the cloud computing system based on the trust between the cloud system managing unit and devices of the plurality of sets of devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable storage medium comprises:
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a first memory section that stores a system level manager trusted certificate for a cloud system managing unit; a plurality of second memory sections, where a second memory section of the plurality of second memory sections stores a unique device level server trusted certificate and a unique system level server trusted certificate for one of a plurality of authentication servers; a plurality of third memory sections, where a third memory section of the plurality of third memory sections stores operational instructions that, when executed by one or more processing modules, causes the one or more processing modules to; establish trust between a corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and one or more devices of one of a plurality of sets of devices based on the unique device level server trusted certificate of the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers, wherein a set of devices of the plurality of sets of devices includes the one or more devices having a common aspect; a plurality of fourth memory sections, where a fourth memory section of the plurality of fourth memory sections stores operational instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing modules, causes the one or more processing modules to; establish trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit based on at least one of the unique system level server trusted certificate and the system level manager trusted certificate; a plurality of fifth memory sections, where a fifth memory section of the plurality of fifth memory sections stores operational instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing modules, causes the one or more processing modules to; establish trust between the cloud system managing unit and the one or more devices of the one of the plurality of sets of devices based on the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of the one of the plurality of sets of devices and the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit; and a sixth memory section stores operational instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing modules, causes the one or more processing modules to; configure a cloud computing system based on the trust between the cloud system managing unit and devices of the plurality of sets of devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A cloud computing system set up unit comprises:
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memory for storing; a system level manager trusted certificate of a cloud system managing unit; a unique device level server trusted certificate for each of a plurality of authentication servers; and a unique system level server trusted certificate for the each of the plurality of authentication servers; and a processing module operable to; establish trust between a corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and one or more devices of one of a plurality of sets of devices based on the unique device level server trusted certificate of the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers, wherein a set of devices of the plurality of sets of devices includes one or more devices having a common aspect; establish trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit based on at least one of the unique system level server trusted certificate and the system level manager trusted certificate; establish trust between the cloud system managing unit and the one or more devices of the one of the plurality of sets of devices based on the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the one or more devices of the one of the plurality of sets of devices and the trust between the corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers and the cloud system managing unit; and configure the cloud computing system based on the trust between the cloud system managing unit and devices of the plurality of sets of devices. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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