SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING THE SECURE DEPLOYMENT OF NETWORKS

摘要

A system and method for allowing network users to securely administer and deploy network nodes (102). These networks may comprise wired and/or wireless connections. Examples would include wired networks with shared infrastructure in an office building, as well as ad-hoc multi-hopping peer-to-peer network applications for the home. The system and method provides a key (130) that allows new nodes (102) and thus new devices (124, 126) to gain access to a network via an existing node (122) of that network.