Patent ID: 8311225
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a network device configured with, for each key management system that is part of a current key management device configuration, a device driver and associated application programming interface (API) for communicating with the respective key management system, determining whether a key management device that is not part of the current key management device configuration has been newly added to a network; if the key management device has been newly added to the network, determining whether the network device has a first API for communicating with the key management device; if the network device does not have the first API, obtaining the first API; and creating a binding between a virtual device driver of the network device and the key management device via the first API, the network device having a second API for communications between the virtual device driver and a security processor of the network device, wherein the security processor communicates with each key management device that is part of the current key management device configuration using the second API.