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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Venkata L. R. Ippatapu, Westborough, MA (US);
Kenneth M. Dorman, West Brookfield, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
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.