Patent attributes
A method including receiving, by an infrastructure device from a manager device configured to manage network services provided by the infrastructure device, a manager request for requesting performance of an action associated with managing the network services, the manager request including a signature header signed by utilizing a manager private key associated with the manager device and a timestamp header identifying a point in time when the signature header was signed; determining, by the infrastructure device, a time difference between the point in time when the signature header was signed and a current time; authorizing, by the infrastructure device, the manager request based on determining that the determined time difference satisfies a predetermined duration of time; and enabling, by the infrastructure device, performance of the action associated with managing the network services based on authorizing the manager request is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.