Abstract: A method of establishing communication with a second device via wireless communication channel that is not natively secure. The method includes performing mutual authentication between the first and second devices by receiving via the communication interface from the second device a FIDO public certificate of the second device and using a FIDO public key of the second device. The FIDO public key of the second device having been registered by the second device with a FIDO relying party in connection with a user identity associated with both the first device and the second device. The FIDO public key of the second device having been fetched by the first device from the FIDO relying party in connection with FIDO registration of the first device with the FIDO relying party in connection with the user identity. The method may include negotiating a shared secret used to engage in ongoing communication.

Abstract: A method of establishing communication with a second device via wireless communication channel that is not natively secure. The method includes performing mutual authentication between the first and second devices by receiving via the communication interface from the second device a FIDO public certificate of the second device and using a FIDO public key of the second device. The FIDO public key of the second device having been registered by the second device with a FIDO relying party in connection with a user identity associated with both the first device and the second device. The FIDO public key of the second device having been fetched by the first device from the FIDO relying party in connection with FIDO registration of the first device with the FIDO relying party in connection with the user identity. The method may include negotiating a shared secret used to engage in ongoing communication.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing application traffic prioritization in a network device are provided. In one embodiment, the network device can determine a packet buffer threshold for a received data packet. The network device can further compare the packet buffer threshold with a current usage of a packet buffer memory that stores data for data packets to be forwarded to a processing core of the network device. If the current usage of the packet buffer memory exceeds the packet buffer threshold, the network device can perform an action on the received data packet.