Patent ID: 11954184
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for operating an optimization device in a network, the method comprising:
receiving at a portal an authorization request message from the optimization device, the authorization request message comprising information identifying a service provider;
processing at the portal information in the authorization request message from the optimization device;
determining that the optimization device is authorized for initial operation;
receiving at the portal from the service provider, firewall configuration information usable to form a secure channel with a different optimization device behind a firewall, wherein the optimization device is outside the firewall, the different optimization device is configured with corresponding firewall configuration information, and the firewall configuration information comprises at least one of an originating port associated with a communication that the firewall allows to pass through the firewall, an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a communication that the firewall allows to pass through the firewall, a subnet associated with a communication that the firewall allows to pass through the firewall, or a protocol associated with a communication that the firewall allows to pass through the firewall; and
sending the firewall configuration information to the optimization device such that the optimization device forms the secure channel with the different optimization device.