Patent ID: 8341250
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A logic encoded in one or more non-transitory tangible media for execution and when executed operable to perform a method, the method comprising: storing, in a router, a set of device specific identification data; a provisioning server storing an association between the router and a set of device specific provisioning data; where the set of device specific provisioning data comprises a set of trusted public information that facilitates establishing a secure connection between the router and a device associated with the trusted public information; where the device associated with the trusted public information is in a network in which the router is to be installed and that does not contain the provisioning server; where a device associated with the trusted public information is any of, a certificate enrollment protocol registration authority, a virtual private network (VPN) hub, a VPN peer, and a group domain of interpretation (GDOI) server; configuring the router to locate the provisioning server; configuring the router to authenticate the provisioning server; configuring the provisioning server to provide the set of device specific provisioning data to the router in response to receiving a provisioning data request from the router, where the provisioning data request facilitates authenticating the router with a portion of the set of device specific identification data, and to provide the set of trusted public information to the router after the router authenticates to the provisioning server.