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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2021
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Frédéric René Philippe Detienne, Harzé, BE;
Reda Haddad, San Jose, CA (US);
Ryan Joseph Jaques, Seattle, WA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for configuration payload separation policies. According to at least one example, a method is provided for device function. The method includes: during a boot sequence of a network device, generating a unique key for encrypting and decrypting data; identifying a secure location in the network device for storing the unique key; storing the unique key in the secure location; encrypting a configuration payload with the unique key; storing the encrypted configuration payload in an external non-volatile memory; and, in response to a request to access data within the configuration payload, decrypting the encrypted configuration payload using the unique key.