Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Security hardening for a Wi-Fi router
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Application No.: US15859513Application Date: 2017-12-30
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Publication No.: US10708063B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Samir Hodroj
- Applicant: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Han Santos, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F21/57
- IPC: G06F21/57 ; H04L9/32 ; H04W84/12 ; H04W12/10 ; H04L9/08 ; H04W12/12 ; G06F8/654 ; H04W12/00
Abstract:
A method and system of securing the firmware of a router. Upon determining that a received digital message does not have integrity or the digital signature of the received digital message is not correct, the digital message is ignored or discarded. Otherwise the digital message is decrypted and a new firmware extracted therefrom. The existing firmware is then flashed with the new extracted firmware.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180123801A1 SECURITY HARDENING FOR A WI-FI ROUTER Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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