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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2011
Shuo Shen, Shenzhen, CN;
Sheng Jiang, Shenzhen, CN;
Shuo Shen, Shenzhen, CN;
Sheng Jiang, Shenzhen, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for identifying a Cryptographically Generated Address (CGA) public key, and a method, an apparatus, and a system for determining a CGA public key are disclosed. The method for identifying a CGA public key includes: receiving, by a receiving node, a first message protected using a public key from a sending node; obtaining a type of the public key according to the first message. The method for determining a CGA public key includes: receiving, by a receiving node, a first message protected using a public key from a sending node; obtaining, a type of the public key to be determined according to the first message; and judging whether the public key to be determined is supported by the receiving node according to the type of the public key to be determined; and, if the public key to be determined is supported by the receiving node, determining the public key as a public key supported by the receiving node. The embodiments of the present invention implement identification and determining of public keys in the process of CGA that supports multiple public keys.