Andres B Silva

US Patent:

20170041303, Feb 9, 2017

Filed:

Aug 5, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/230004

Inventors:

- Indianapolis IN, US
Eric M. Cohen - Henderson NC, US
Kalpit Patel - Cary NC, US
Jarrod S. Sexton - Morrisville NC, US
Andres Silva - Greensboro NC, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A system and method are presented for key management and user authentication. Secure SSH access may be performed through a public/private set of SSH keys where a user uploads a public SSH key to a key management application. The private SSH key remains with a device associated with a user. The public SSH key is distributed across multiple regions to instances and is region agnostic. Public SSH keys may be distributed and synchronized in a large cloud computing environment where public SSH keys associated with users may be added or removed in order to rebuild system security.