Networking device provisioning
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1. A logic encoded in one or more non-transitory tangible media for execution and when executed operable to perform a method, the method comprising:
- storing, in a router, a set of device specific identification data;
a provisioning server storing an association between the router and a set of device specific provisioning data;
where the set of device specific provisioning data comprises a set of trusted public information that facilitates establishing a secure connection between the router and a device associated with the trusted public information;
where the device associated with the trusted public information is in a network in which the router is to be installed and that does not contain the provisioning server;
where a device associated with the trusted public information is any of, a certificate enrollment protocol registration authority, a virtual private network (VPN) hub, a VPN peer, and a group domain of interpretation (GDOI) server;
configuring the router to locate the provisioning server;
configuring the router to authenticate the provisioning server;
configuring the provisioning server to provide the set of device specific provisioning data to the router in response to receiving a provisioning data request from the router, where the provisioning data request facilitates authenticating the router with a portion of the set of device specific identification data, and to provide the set of trusted public information to the router after the router authenticates to the provisioning server.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and other embodiments associated with network device provisioning are described. One example method includes storing a set of device specific identification data in a network device. The example method may also include storing an association between the network device and a set of device specific provisioning data. The example method may also include providing the set of device specific provisioning data to the network device. The set of device specific provisioning data may be provided in response to receiving a provisioning data request from the network device.
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24 Claims
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1. A logic encoded in one or more non-transitory tangible media for execution and when executed operable to perform a method, the method comprising:
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storing, in a router, a set of device specific identification data; a provisioning server storing an association between the router and a set of device specific provisioning data; where the set of device specific provisioning data comprises a set of trusted public information that facilitates establishing a secure connection between the router and a device associated with the trusted public information; where the device associated with the trusted public information is in a network in which the router is to be installed and that does not contain the provisioning server; where a device associated with the trusted public information is any of, a certificate enrollment protocol registration authority, a virtual private network (VPN) hub, a VPN peer, and a group domain of interpretation (GDOI) server; configuring the router to locate the provisioning server; configuring the router to authenticate the provisioning server; configuring the provisioning server to provide the set of device specific provisioning data to the router in response to receiving a provisioning data request from the router, where the provisioning data request facilitates authenticating the router with a portion of the set of device specific identification data, and to provide the set of trusted public information to the router after the router authenticates to the provisioning server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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storing, in a router, a set of device specific identification data; a provisioning server storing an association between the router and a set of device specific provisioning data; where the device specific provisioning data comprises a set of trusted public information that facilitates establishing a secure connection between the router and a device associated with the trusted public information; where the device associated with the trusted public information is in a network in which the router is to be installed and that does not contain the provisioning server; where a device associated with the trusted public information is any of, a certificate enrollment protocol registration authority, a virtual private network (VPN) hub, a VPN peer, and a group domain of interpretation (GDOI) server; configuring the router to locate the provisioning server; configuring the router to authenticate the provisioning server; configuring the provisioning server to provide the set of device specific provisioning data to the router in response to receiving a provisioning data request from the router, where the provisioning data request facilitates authenticating the router with a portion of the set of device specific identification data, and to provide the set of trusted public information to the router after the router authenticates to the provisioning server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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