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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert B. Lord, Mountain View, CA (US);
Steven William Parkinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0853 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes detecting a security token device that is un-formatted with respect to an enterprise, wherein the security token device comprises a first cryptographic authentication key, and formatting, by a processor, the security token device by replacing the first cryptographic authentication key of the security token device with a second cryptographic authentication key that is specific to a security requirement of the enterprise.