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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Scott A. Mintz, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
James R. Copus, Fairlawn, OH (US);
Dennis M. Wylie, Jr., Mentor, OH (US);
Brian J. Widman, South Euclid, OH (US);
Asanka K. Mananayaka, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Dan A. Gagich, Painesville, OH (US);
Nathan B. Smith, Hudson, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A method may include retrieving, by one or more processors of an industrial automation component, one or more parameters from a configuration file stored in a memory of the industrial automation component and one or more additional parameters from a vendor certificate stored in the memory. The vendor certificate is cryptographically signed by an entity. The method may also include determining, by the processors, whether the parameters from the configuration file match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, and in response to determining that the parameters from the configuration file do not match the additional parameters from the vendor certificate, transmitting, by the processors, an indication that the industrial automation component is an unauthorized component to a display device for display, disabling the industrial automation component, or both.