Establishing computing trust with a staging area
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method, comprisingadmitting to a staging area a computing device;
- ascertaining information related to a persistent identity that is located in the computing device at the staging area, wherein the computing device can be substantially authenticated to a protected production network based on the information related to the persistent identity acquired in the staging area.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A technique is provided for admitting to a staging area a computing device. Information related to a persistent identity that is located in the computing device at the staging area is ascertained. The computing device can be substantially authenticated to a protected production network based on the information related to the persistent identity acquired in the staging area.
-
Citations
43 Claims
-
1. A method, comprising
admitting to a staging area a computing device; ascertaining information related to a persistent identity that is located in the computing device at the staging area, wherein the computing device can be substantially authenticated to a protected production network based on the information related to the persistent identity acquired in the staging area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
15. A method, comprising:
-
admitting to a staging area a computing device; and providing a persistent identity in the computing device at the staging area, wherein the computing device can be authenticated to a protected production network based on the persistent identity acquired in the staging area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
-
-
24. A method, comprising:
ascertaining information related to a persistent identity within a computing device from a staging area, wherein the computing device uses the information to authenticate itself with respect to a security domain. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
-
37. An apparatus, comprising:
-
an admitting portion that admits to a staging area a computing device; and an ascertaining portion that ascertains information related to a persistent identity at the staging area, wherein the computing device can be substantially authenticated to a protected production network based the information ascertained in the staging area. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
-
-
41. An apparatus, comprising:
-
a staging area that admits a computing device, wherein the computing device contains a persistent identity for at least some of the time that the computing device is admitted to the staging area; a production network that authenticates the computing device with respect to a security domain using the persistent identity. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
-
Specification