Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for providing a seamless and secure access to management and monitoring systems
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Application No.: US16793439Application Date: 2020-02-18
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Publication No.: US11146949B2Publication Date: 2021-10-12
- Inventor: George Francis Ramsay, III , Saurabh Kishore , Arulnambi Raju , Dung K. Le
- Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
- Current Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Larson Newman, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W12/033 ; H04W12/37 ; H04W12/069 ; H04W12/69

Abstract:
An information handling system includes a wireless management controller having a first wireless network interface used to establish a secure short-range wireless network connection between a management controller and a mobile device. A second wireless network interface establishes a peer-to-peer wireless network connection between the management controller and the mobile device. The management controller stores a secure shell public key received from the mobile device through the secure short-range wireless network connection. The management controller randomly identifies a port number for the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, and disables network traffic through other ports associated with the peer-to-peer wireless network connection. The management controller also transmits a media access control address, the port number, and a host fingerprint to the mobile device through the secure short-range wireless network connection, and receives an access request from the mobile device on the port number of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection after the mobile device authenticated the media access control address and the host fingerprint Determining whether the mobile device is authentic through a secure shell negotiation based on the received secure shell public key. In response to the determination that the mobile device is authentic identifying a group owner of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection based on a negotiation with the mobile device. After the establishment of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, the management controller may communicate packets with the mobile device on the port number of the peer-to-peer wireless network connection, where outbound packets are encrypted and inbound packets are decrypted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210258774A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SEAMLESS AND SECURE ACCESS TO MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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