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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2017
Applicant:
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, JP;
Inventor:
Samir Hodroj, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 12/10 (2009.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04W 12/12 (2009.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04W 12/0023 (2019.01); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system of securing the firmware of a router. Upon determining that a received digital message does not have integrity or the digital signature of the received digital message is not correct, the digital message is ignored or discarded. Otherwise the digital message is decrypted and a new firmware extracted therefrom. The existing firmware is then flashed with the new extracted firmware.