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 set of devices includes one or more devices having a common aspect; and
an authentication server associated with the set of devices based on the common aspect, wherein the authentication server has a unique device level server trusted certificate and a unique system level server trusted certificate;
wherein;
the authentication servers and the one or more devices of the set of devices establishes trust therebetween based on the unique device level server trusted certificate of the authentication server;
the authentication server 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 the set of devices establish trust therebetween based on the trust between the authentication server and the one or more device of the set of devices and the trust between the 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 the one or more devices of the set of devices, wherein the configuring includes facilitating subsequent operation of a device of the one or more devices of the set of devices in accessing another set of devices of the cloud computing system using a signed certificate from the cloud system managing unit.
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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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1. A cloud computing system comprises:
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a cloud system managing unit having a system level manager trusted certificate; a set of devices includes one or more devices having a common aspect; and an authentication server associated with the set of devices based on the common aspect, wherein the authentication server has a unique device level server trusted certificate and a unique system level server trusted certificate;
wherein;the authentication servers and the one or more devices of the set of devices establishes trust therebetween based on the unique device level server trusted certificate of the authentication server; the authentication server 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 the set of devices establish trust therebetween based on the trust between the authentication server and the one or more device of the set of devices and the trust between the 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 the one or more devices of the set of devices, wherein the configuring includes facilitating subsequent operation of a device of the one or more devices of the set of devices in accessing another set of devices of the cloud computing system using a signed certificate from the cloud system managing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprises:
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storing a system level manager trusted certificate for a cloud system managing unit that includes a processor; storing a unique device level server trusted certificate and a unique system level server trusted certificate for a plurality of authentication servers; establishing trust, via a corresponding one of the plurality of authentication servers, between the 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; establishing trust, via the cloud system managing unit, 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; establishing trust, via the cloud system managing unit, 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 configuring, via the cloud system managing unit, a cloud computing system based on the trust between the cloud system managing unit and devices of the plurality of sets of devices, wherein the configuring includes facilitating subsequent operation of a device of the plurality of sets of devices in accessing another of the plurality of sets of devices of the cloud computing system using a signed certificate from the cloud system managing unit. - 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 processor having processing hardware, the processor 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 wherein the configuring includes facilitating subsequent operation of a device of the plurality of sets of devices in accessing another of the plurality of sets of devices of the cloud computing system using a signed certificate from the cloud system managing unit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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