METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A TRUSTED IDENTITY FOR AN AGENT DEVICE

摘要

A trusted identity can be established for one or more application providing devices 6 and agent device 4 for performing trusted communication. The method for establishing a trusted identity includes determining (100) which of a plurality of authentication models is the selected authentication model used to uniquely authenticate the agent device (4). The first and second authentication information is generated according to the selected model (102). The first authentication information is for authenticating the identity of the device uniquely and the second authentication information is for confirming that the agent device has the first authentication information. The first authentication information is embedded in the agent device 4 104 while the second authentication information is sent 106 to the registry device 8 for maintaining the devices of the agent devices. Authentication model information identifying which one is the selected authentication model is also sent to the registry 8 (106).