Trusted Endpoint Enrollment Using Signed Registration Packages

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional device-server enrollments for endpoint client systems are prone to human errors and lack physical and administrative security controls, making them vulnerable to tampering and diversion to incorrect registration servers.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that ensures trusted enrollment by deploying a signed enrollment package to the endpoint client system, where the client software agent verifies the distribution chain and signature using embedded public keys, ensuring the integrity and correctness of the enrollment information before connecting to the designated registration server.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional enrollment methods using scripts, files, or command line arguments are used, then the enrollment process can be performed, but the system becomes vulnerable to tampering and human errors due to lack of security controls

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenrollment securityVSAvoidenrollment process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-installing trusted root certificates in the client software agent before enrollment. This allows the agent to verify the authenticity of enrollment information received from fulfillment orchestrators without requiring complex verification processes during enrollment, thus improving security while maintaining operational simplicity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a fulfillment orchestrator as an intermediary component that sits between the client software agent and the registration server. This intermediary verifies and signs enrollment information before it reaches the client agent, centralizing the security verification logic and eliminating the need for complex client-side verification mechanisms

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If hard-coded server information is used in the endpoint client software agent, then the agent can connect to the registration server, but the system loses flexibility for customer-specific deployments with different network locations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment flexibilityVSAvoidenrollment trust

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the registration server information dynamic rather than static. Instead of hard-coding server addresses, the system receives server information dynamically from the fulfillment orchestrator during the enrollment process, allowing adaptation to different customer-specific network locations while maintaining trust through cryptographic verification of the received information

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If enrollment information is provided as plain arguments or in files, then the client software can receive enrollment data, but the information becomes susceptible to tampering and lacks verification mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata integrityVSAvoidenrollment operation simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces mechanical information handling (plain text files and arguments) with cryptographic mechanisms. The fulfillment orchestrator signs enrollment information digitally, and the client software agent verifies the signature using embedded root certificates. This substitution provides automatic integrity verification without adding operational complexity, as the verification happens transparently in the background

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12615245B2Systems and methods to orchestrate trusted enrollment

Publication Date: 2026.04.28 DELL PROD LP

AI summary

Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to orchestrate trusted enrollment of an endpoint client information handling system by deploying a signed payload of an enrollment package to the endpoint client system, and by using a client software agent executing on the endpoint client system to first verify the distribution chain and/or signature of the deployed enrollment package before proceeding to use other information contained in the enrollment package to contact a registration server to enroll the endpoint client system.