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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1491 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to reinstating access to a system of an admin whose certificate is invalid or expired and to detecting an attack on the system. A requestor, who may be an admin whose certificate is expired or invalid, may send a request for reinstatement to validators. The system may provide honeypot validators in addition to legitimate validators. When the request is received by a honeypot validator or if the honeypot validator is requested to provide their share of a secret, the requestor is determined to be malicious and a protective operation or action is performed.