US 12,206,664 B2
Security profile selection and configuration of network devices via ownership voucher extension
Jabir Hamediya Mohammed, Bangalore (IN); Reda Haddad, San Jose, CA (US); Srihari Raghavan, Chennai (IN); and Sandesh K. Rao, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,417.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370454 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0876 (2013.01) [H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing, to a user, a first ownership artifact for a network device, wherein the first ownership artifact includes a first security profile selection bit string extension, and wherein the first security profile selection bit string extension is configured to configure the network device according to a first security profile;
receiving, from the user, a request for a second ownership artifact, wherein the request includes a request for a second security profile selection bit string extension within the second ownership artifact; and
at least in response to the request, providing the second ownership artifact to the user, wherein the second ownership artifact comprises the second security profile selection bit string extension, and wherein the second security profile selection bit string extension is configured to configure the network device according to a second security profile,
wherein the request lists only values of bits of the second security profile selection bit string extension that need to be changed to configure the network device according to the second security profile.