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An Enhanced Shared Secret Provisioning Protocol (ESSPP) provides a novel method and system for adding devices to a network in a secure manner. A registration process is launched at two network devices together within a predetermined time interval. These two devices then automatically register with e

An Enhanced Shared Secret Provisioning Protocol (ESSPP) provides a novel method and system for adding devices to a network in a secure manner. A registration process is launched at two network devices together within a predetermined time interval. These two devices then automatically register with each other. When two devices running ESSPP detect each other, they exchange identities and establish a key that can later be used by the devices to mutually authenticate each other and generate session encryption keys. With ESSPP, two ESSPP devices that are attempting to register with each other will only provision a key when they detect that they are the only two ESSPP devices on the wireless network running ESSPP. If additional devices running ESSPP are detected, the ESSPP protocol is either terminated or suspended.

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We claim: 1. A server that can register a network device, comprising:a database capable of storing a set of registration information, a set of address information, and a cryptographic secret;a registration process including communications for registering a network device;a cryptographic generator th

We claim: 1. A server that can register a network device, comprising:a database capable of storing a set of registration information, a set of address information, and a cryptographic secret;a registration process including communications for registering a network device;a cryptographic generator that receives cryptographic information, enabling authenticable communications between said server and said network device;a processor supported on said server;a registration trigger coupled to said processor, whereby activating said registration trigger within a predetermined time interval of an activation of a remote registration trigger activates said registration process: anda monitoring system that detects registration communications from a third device, wherein detection of said third-device registration communications causes said registration process not to register the network device.