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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Patricia G. Driever, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);

Christopher Colonna, Ossining, NY (US);

John Flanagan, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

George P. Kuch, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Richard M. Sczepczenski, Hyde Park, NY (US);

Glen Jaquette, Tucson, AZ (US);

Jacob L. Sheppard, Corona De Tucson, AZ (US);

Peter G. Sutton, Lagrangeville, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 9/083 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01);
Abstract

Access between a plurality of nodes of the computing environment is controlled by a key server. The key server receives from one node of the plurality of nodes, a request for a shared key, in which the shared key is created for a selected node pair. A determination is made by the key server as to whether the one node is a node of the selected node pair. In one example, the determining checks an alternate name of the one node to determine whether it matches an alternate name associated with the shared key. Based on determining the one node is a node of the selected node pair, the key server provides the shared key to the one node.


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