Cisco Technology, Inc.

Yesu Lu

Eric Albin Voit

Ashok Krishnaji Moghe

Eliot Lear

A computing device connected to a power source via a combined power/data connection obtains an authentication request from the power source. The authentication request includes a freshness mechanism provided by the power source. The computing device signs an authentication response with a private key associated with a verified identity stored on the computing device. The authentication response includes the freshness mechanism. The computing device provides the authentication response to the power source, and receives power from the power source.

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Yesu Lu