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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Khary J. Alexander, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Reinhard T. Buendgen, Tuebingen, DE;
K. Paul Muller, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
James A. O'Connor, Ulster Park, NY (US);
William J. Rooney, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Tiberiu Suto, Baldwin, NY (US);
Craig R. Walters, Highland, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Technical solutions are described for authenticating a hosting system prior to securely deploying a shrouded virtual server. An example method includes receiving, by a hypervisor, a request for a public certificate, from a client device that requested the virtual server, and sending the public certificate of the hosting system that executes the hypervisor. The method also includes receiving, in response to the public certificate being successfully authenticated by the client device using a third-party verification system, a session key based on a public key included in the public certificate. The method also includes decrypting the session key using a private key, where the private key is pre-installed in the hosting system by a manufacturer of the hosting system, and sending an acknowledgement message encrypted using the session key. The method also includes establishing a secure communication between the client device and the hypervisor using the session key.