US 12,452,053 B2
Systems and methods for restoring secure connections between data processing systems and control planes
Ravinder Tamishetty, Singapore (SG); Xingyu Wang, Singapore (SG); and Eric Joseph Bruno, Shirley, NY (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/619,680.
Prior Publication US 2025/0310095 A1, Oct. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/0877 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0897 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing operations of a data processing system, the method comprising:
identifying that a secret management component of the data processing system has been replaced; and
based on the secret management component having been replaced:
obtaining a recovery secret from a recovery partition of the data processing system, the recovery partition being a logical allocation of storage resources of a physical data storage device that is distinct from the secret management component, and the recovery partition is reserved for exclusive use by an agent of the data processing system that manages recovery of connections with a device management system after failure of the secret management component;
attempting to establish a recovery connection between the data processing system and the device management system using the recovery secret; and
in a first instance of the attempting where the recovery connection is established using the recovery secret:
initiating generation of a new normal secret;
initiating generation of a new recovery secret;
storing the new normal secret in a replacement secret management component;
replacing the recovery secret in the recovery partition with the new recovery secret;
initiating establishment of a new normal connection using the new normal secret in the replacement secret management component; and
terminating the recovery connection so that only the new normal connection is available for communication between the data processing system and the device management system.