Patent ID: 11936640
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the authentication resource request is a first authentication resource request, the particular machine is a first machine, and the particular virtual private cloud is a first virtual private cloud, the method further comprising:
at the resource issuer,
receiving a second authentication resource request from a second machine deployed in a second virtual private cloud, the second authentication resource request comprising a third set of cloud-specific data;
obtaining a cloud identifier for the second machine from a registry service of the second virtual private cloud that interacts with the datacenter-set cloud service;
using the obtained cloud identifier to obtain a fourth set of cloud-specific data for the second machine from the datacenter-set cloud service; and
upon determining that the third and fourth sets of cloud-specific data do not match, denying the authentication resource request from the second machine.