Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (20250158985). AUTOMATED SATELLITE DEVICE AUTHENTICATION TO A PORTAL FOR SECURE REMOTE ACCESS

AUTOMATED SATELLITE DEVICE AUTHENTICATION TO A PORTAL FOR SECURE REMOTE ACCESS

Abstract: techniques for automated satellite device authentication to a portal for secure remote access are disclosed. in some embodiments, a system, a process, and/or a computer program product for automated satellite device authentication to a portal for secure remote access include receiving, at a portal, a serial number and an ip address associated with a new satellite for deployment in a large scale virtual private network (lsvpn) deployment; receiving, at the portal, the serial number and the ip address associated with the new satellite, wherein the new satellite is deployed at a remote location, and wherein the new satellite automatically sends the serial number and the ip address associated with the new satellite to the portal; and authenticating the new satellite at the portal using the serial number and the ip address associated with the new satellite.

Inventors:

• Madhusudhan Gopalappa of San Jose CA US
• Tengda Shi of San Jose CA US
• Xin Yao of San Jose CA US
• Xun Zhou of Cupertino CA US

CPC Classification:

• H04L63/0876: {based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint}

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