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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Kan Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy P. J. G. Kindberg, Bristol, GB;
Seunghyun Im, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kan Zhang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Timothy P. J. G. Kindberg, Bristol, GB;
Seunghyun Im, Charlotte, NC (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In a first aspect the present invention provides a method for verifying that a secure association has been formed between a first device and a second device. The method includes, enabling a user of the first device to select a verification indicator, and encrypting the verification indicator using an encryption key of the first device to form cipher text. The cipher text is then communication to the second device using a multi-part communication protocol, and decrypted using an encryption key of the second device to obtain a received verification indicator. The method includes verifying the association is secure if the received verification indicator is the same as the selected verification indicator.