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Secure authentication of remote equipment

  • US 9,998,287 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2015
  • Issued: 06/12/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by an authentication system, from a content server, a request to authenticate a network device;

    sending, by the authentication system and to the network device, an encrypted challenge message;

    receiving, by the authentication system and from the network device, an encrypted response to the encrypted challenge message, wherein the encrypted response comprises a digital signature of the network device, and wherein the encrypted response comprises an identifier of an unauthorized user device requesting to exchange data with the content server via the network device;

    verifying, by the authentication system based on the encrypted response, an authenticity of the network device; and

    authorizing, by the authentication system and based on successful verification of the authenticity of the network device, the content server to exchange unencrypted data with the unauthorized user device via the network device.

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