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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Kristoffer Gronowski, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shingo Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Mats Näslund, Bromma, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericcson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method comprising the use of a bootstrapping protocol to define a security relationship between a first server and a second server, the first and second servers co-operating to provide a service to a user terminal. A bootstrapping protocol is used to generate a shared key for securing communication between the first server and the second server. The shared key is based on a context of the bootstrapping protocol, and the context is associated with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) associated with the user terminal and provides a base for the shared key. A method of the invention may, for example, be employed within a computing/service network such as a 'cloud', and in particular for communications between two servers in the cloud that are co-operating to provide a service to a user.