US 12,111,820 B2
Ensuring secure provisioning of blockchain infrastructure
Abhishek Malvankar, White Plains, NY (US); Jeronimo Irazabal, Roque Pérez (AR); and Nitin Gaur, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/019,542.
Prior Publication US 2022/0083537 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/2379 (2019.01) [G06F 16/27 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for enhancing security of a blockchain infrastructure, the method comprising:
continuously updating a plurality of ledger nodes within the blockchain infrastructure via a set of conduit nodes,
wherein each conduit node within the set of conduit nodes shares a secure provision ledger with at least one other conduit node in the set of conduit nodes,
wherein the secure provision ledger includes a set of prescribed security updates for the blockchain infrastructure,
wherein each conduit node within the set of conduit nodes propagates the set of prescribed security updates to a subset of the plurality of ledger nodes to advise the subset of the plurality of ledger nodes to install the prescribed security updates, and
wherein each conduit node within the set of conduit nodes enforces compliance with the set of prescribed security updates by performing a compliance check of the subset of the plurality of ledger nodes to determine that the subset of the plurality of ledger nodes have installed the set of prescribed security updates.