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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2004
Robert R. Gilman, Broomfield, CO (US);
Richard L. Robinson, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert J. Serkowski, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert R. Gilman, Broomfield, CO (US);
Richard L. Robinson, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert J. Serkowski, Broomfield, CO (US);
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A systemfor providing credentials to a computational component in a distributed processing network is provided. The systemincludes: (a) a plurality of crypto-tokens-, each crypto-token-comprising a unique identifier, optionally a digital certificate comprising a unique public key and the unique identifier, and a private key corresponding to the public key; (b) a provisioning systemcomprising a certificate authorityoperable to generate the plurality of crypto-tokens-; and (c) a computational componentcomprising a drive operable to receive and communicate with a selected crypto-token. The computational componentuses the digital certificate and private key in any of the crypto-tokens-to establish a secured communication session with the provisioning system. Before the establishing operation, any of the plurality of crypto-tokens-can be engaged with the computational componentto establish the secure communication session.