Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Updating cryptographic key pair
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Application No.: US14658136Application Date: 2015-03-13
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Publication No.: US09893885B1Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Derek Del Miller , Nachiketh Rao Potlapally
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/30

Abstract:
A computing device has a processor and a persistent memory, e.g., a fuse-based memory, storing two or more reduced sets of information. The processor is configured to derive a first cryptographic key using a first reduced set of information, e.g., prime numbers, and to use the first cryptographic key for performing cryptographic operations. The processor is also configured to detect a trigger event and, in response to the detected trigger event, derive a second cryptographic key using a second reduced set of information. The processor can then use the second cryptographic key for performing cryptographic operations.
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