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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Venkata L. R. Ippatapu, Westborough, MA (US);

Kenneth M. Dorman, West Brookfield, MA (US);

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/205 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein relate to techniques for establishing a secure communication channel. The techniques may include performing an encryption capability negotiation between peer devices, wherein a first peer device and a second peer device are connected by a communication channel comprising a first link of the first peer device and a second link of the second peer device; marking, when the encryption capability negotiation is successful, the first link and the second link as encryption capable; performing, based on the marking, a security negotiation between the first peer device and the second peer device; based on the security negotiation: establishing a first security association on the first peer device; and establishing a second security association on the second peer device; programming the first security association to hardware of the first peer device; and programming the second security association to hardware of the second peer device.


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