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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Daniel N. Bauer, Birmensdorf, CH;
Gero Dittmann, Zurich, CH;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention is directed to a method for connecting a device to a network. An example method comprises providing a device assigned with a device identifier and an asymmetric cryptographic key pair that includes a public key and a private key. The device stores the private key on a memory thereof. The device is provided with information as to the assigned device identifier and/or the public key. This information is detectable by a detector so as to be transmissible to a server for it to identify the device identifier and the public key assigned to the device.