Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for supporting persistent secure management key (M—Key) in a network environment
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Application No.: US13892152Application Date: 2013-05-10
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Publication No.: US09852199B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Bjørn Dag Johnsen , Dag Georg Moxnes , Predrag Hodoba
- Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood Shores
- Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood Shores
- Agency: Tucker Ellis LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/931 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A system and method can support security management in a network environment. A switch in the network environment includes a switch chip, which is configured with a secure management key (M_Key) prior to one or more external links becoming operational. Furthermore, a local daemon in the switch can monitor the secure M_key on the switch chip, and persistently store a current M_key used by a local subnet manager (SM). The current M_key is a state that is dynamically updated in a fabric in the network environment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130304908A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PERSISTENT SECURE MANAGEMENT KEY (M_KEY) IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT Public/Granted day:2013-11-14
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