Patent ID: 9652755
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,Y04S

Claim:
1. A network device comprising: a processor; and a memory having program instructions stored therein that, when executed by the processor, cause the network device to perform the following operations in response to receiving an update object having an associated update signature: determining whether a predefined location of the memory includes a predetermined value; storing, based on said determination, the received update object in the memory; verifying the authenticity of the update object stored in the memory using the received update signature, wherein the operation of verifying the authenticity of the update includes comparing a first data to a second data, the first data determined by applying, to an update signature received in association with the update object, a public key of the network device, the second data determined by processing the update object; and performing an operation to cause the processor to use update information in the verified update object in lieu of other information stored in the memory.