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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Jacob Beacham, Seattle, WA (US);
Jesper M. Johansson, Redmond, WA (US);
Cyrus J. Durgin, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/083 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2013.01); H04L 9/0816 (2013.01); H04L 63/062 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 61/1523 (2013.01);
Abstract
A secure key distribution server (SKDS) determines the identity of a requesting server without use of a shared secret by resolving the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to a network address and comparing it with the network address of a key request. A credential string may also be used as part of the identification. Once identity is established, keys may be securely distributed. The SKDS may also be implemented in a peer-to-peer configuration.