Inventors:
Joseph Thomas O'Neil - Staten Island NY, US
Yzhak Ronen - West Windsor NJ, US
International Classification:
G16F 15/177
H04L 9/00
H04K 1/00
US Classification:
709220, 709217, 709218, 709219, 709221, 709222, 709223, 709224, 709225, 713159, 713168, 713169, 713170, 713171, 713186
Abstract:
An enhanced network element and method for configuring and deploying computer network elements is disclosed. A customer orders a network element from an equipment provider. Upon receipt of the unconfigured network element, a Trusted Configuration Device (TCD) is shipped from a network provider to the customer. The TCD transmits information to the NE that enables it to download a configuration file from a Provisioning Server (PS) via a secure channel.