公开(公告)号：US20220294627A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17249809

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Corey Hill ,  Dieter Schnabel

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/08

Abstract: Apparatus and method for managing devices within a trust boundary of a computer network. In some embodiments, a trust manager circuit uses a first registration authority to authenticate a plurality of processing devices to form a trust group. A new processing device is subsequently added to the group. The trust manager circuit uses a different, second registration authority to provisionally authenticate the new processing device in response to an unavailability of the first registration authority, and grants provisional rights to the new processing device. Once the first registration authority is once again available, the trust manager performs a full authentication of the new processing device and grants full rights to the device.

公开(公告)号：US11569995B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US17249809

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Corey Hill ,  Dieter Schnabel

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/08

Abstract: Apparatus and method for managing devices within a trust boundary of a computer network. In some embodiments, a trust manager circuit uses a first registration authority to authenticate a plurality of processing devices to form a trust group. A new processing device is subsequently added to the group. The trust manager circuit uses a different, second registration authority to provisionally authenticate the new processing device in response to an unavailability of the first registration authority, and grants provisional rights to the new processing device. Once the first registration authority is once again available, the trust manager performs a full authentication of the new processing device and grants full rights to the device.