SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE PAIRING TRANSACTION
A provisioning mechanism that may be used when a device is distributed to a third party over an untrusted distribution channel. The provisioning mechanism allows a server to recognize and trust the remote device. For example, a device may need to be paired to web services hosted in the cloud. The device, which has been delivered to a customer, may be on-premises, such as at a customer site or a data center. In order to avoid use by an unauthorized party, the device may have been shipped in an un-provisioned state. As a result, the customer will have to sync (or pair) the device to the cloud products hosted in the cloud in order to have full functionality. In an embodiment, the process for device pairing may only need to be completed once, upon initial start-up of the device.
1 . A method for pairing a device to cloud hosted web services, the method comprising the steps of:
a. initiating the pairing process, comprising the steps of:
i. powering-on the device, wherein the device automatically starts the pairing process;
ii. generating a unique ID using a salt file and manufacture data;
b. establishing a connection between the device and a pairing manager located in the cloud;
c. Establishing credentials of the device
i. The unique ID is sent to cloud, where a check is performed for a match. If no match, transaction terminated and security alert generated. If a match, verify that the device has not been paired before. If it has, terminate request and send security alert.
d. Change a state of the device
i. State change from pairing to run-time with successful completion.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is located remotely from the cloud.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is in an un-provisioned, un-synced state prior to step (a), but has been pre-configured to initiate the syncing process.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein step (b) comprises establishing a MTLS connection between the device and the pairing manager.