| CPC H04L 9/30 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3263 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |

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1. A credential distribution system for providing device credentials to a plurality of devices, comprising:
a credential server, for accepting requests for credentials from the plurality of devices and for receiving the requested credentials from a credential source;
a first secured interface, communicatively coupling the credential source and the credential server;
a second secured interface, communicatively coupling the credential server and the respective ones of said plurality of devices;
a credential database, communicatively coupled to at least one of said credential source and said credential server storing each the credentials for respective ones of said plurality of devices and a provisioning history of each of the credentials;
a cloning detection system, communicatively coupled to the credential database, the cloning detection system for detecting duplicate credentials using the credentials stored in the credential database; and
a provisioning system that provisions the credentials to the plurality of devices.
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