US 12,225,006 B2
Secure resource access by amalgamated identities and distributed ledger
Suryanarayana Rao, Bangalore (IN); Shiben Dutta, Bangalore (IN); Clinton Vincen C, Bangalore (IN); and Vikas Lalwani, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,592.
Application 18/305,592 is a division of application No. 16/855,984, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,665,159.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262061 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0876 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3228 (2013.01); H04L 63/0838 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 63/12 (2013.01); H04L 2463/082 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of onboarding a device to a network for access to protected resources accessible on the network, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, from the device, an encrypted media access control (MAC) address of the device and an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the device;
sending, by the one or more processors, a first instruction to the device to send the MAC address of the device to a predetermined plurality of workstations performing onboarding decisions;
sending, by the one or more processors, a second instruction to the device to send a decryption key to the predetermined plurality of workstations performing the onboarding decisions;
sending, by the one or more processors, the encrypted MAC address of the device and the Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the device to the predetermined plurality of workstations performing the onboarding decisions; and
receiving, by the one or more processors, from the predetermined plurality of workstations performing the onboarding decisions, a result of whether a decrypted MAC address, determined using the encrypted MAC address of the device and the decryption key, matches the MAC address of the device sent from the device.