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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ethan Barnett Rahn, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Michelle Binlu Wang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Baptiste Elie Franck Covolato, Vancouver, CA;
Julien André Alexis Gomes, Vancouver, CA;
Robert Eugene Gilligan, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01);
Abstract
In general, embodiments relate to methods and systems for signing a software image (SWI), distributing the signed SWI to one or more network devices, and verifying, on a per-network device basis, the signed SWI.