- Patent Title: Technologies for secure bootstrapping of virtual network functions
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Application No.: US15437754Application Date: 2017-02-21
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Publication No.: US09864859B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Kapil Sood , Jesse Walker
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/57
- IPC: G06F21/57 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F9/44 ; H04L9/14 ; H04L9/30 ; H04L9/32 ; G06F21/53 ; G06F9/455

Abstract:
Technologies for bootstrapping virtual network functions in a network functions virtualization (NFV) network architecture include a virtual network function (VNF) bootstrap service (VBS) in secure network communication with a VBS agent of a VNF instance. The VBS agent is configured to execute a secure VNF bootstrap capture protocol in the NFV network architecture. Accordingly, the VBS agent can be configured to register with the VBS via secure communications transmitted between the VBS and the VBS agent. The secure communications include transmitting a security quote from a TEE of a platform on which the VNF instance is instantiated and a security credential request to the VBS, as well as receiving a security credential in response to validating the security quote and the security credential request. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170161501A1 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SECURE BOOTSTRAPPING OF VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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