1. A method of adding a device to a dispersed data storage network, said method operating on a manager computer and comprising the steps of: i) receiving a device approval request from a device not associated with said dispersed data storage network, said device approval request including a public key, a network address, and a hardware identifier; ii) examining a device list accessible by said manager, said device list comprised of a plurality of device entries, each of said device entries identifying a public key, a network address, and a hardware identifier, each of said device entries corresponding to a device included within said dispersed data storage network; iii) determining that no device entry included in said device list matches the public key, network address, or hardware identifier included in said received device approval request; iv) creating a new device entry including said public key, network address and hardware identifier identified by said received device approval request; and v) adding said new device entry to said device list.