- Patent Title: Verifying an operating system during a boot process using a loader
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Application No.: US15856249Application Date: 2017-12-28
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Publication No.: US10776490B1Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Simon J. Gerraty
- Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06F21/57 ; G06F9/4401

Abstract:
An example device includes one or more memories; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to, during a loading process of a boot process of an operating system, identify a file to be loaded for the operating system, where the operating system is being loaded during the boot process; identify a manifest of the file; verify the manifest of the file based on a supplied signature of the manifest; identify a fingerprint, associated with the file, in a fingerprint library; calculate a hash of the file; compare the hash of the file and the fingerprint; and verify the file based on the hash of the file matching the fingerprint associated with the file.
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