Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Using trusted platform module (TPM) emulator engines to measure firmware images
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Application No.: US15593546Application Date: 2017-05-12
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Publication No.: US11455396B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Suhas Shivanna , Shiva R. Dasari
- Applicant: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department
- Main IPC: G06F9/00
- IPC: G06F9/00 ; G06F15/177 ; G06F21/57 ; G06F9/4401 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/08 ; G06F8/61

Abstract:
Examples disclosed herein relate to performing an action based on a pre-boot measurement of a firmware image. In an example, at a firmware component in a system, a measurement of a firmware image may be determined prior to booting of the system, beginning from a hardware root of trust boot block, by a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) emulator engine that emulates a hardware-based TPM. A pre-determined measurement of the firmware image may be retrieved from a storage location within the system. The measurement of the firmware image may be compared with the pre-determined measurement of the firmware image prior to booting of the system. In response to a determination that the measurement of the firmware image is different from the pre-determined measurement of the firmware image, performing an action.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180330093A1 PERFORMING AN ACTION BASED ON A PRE-BOOT MEASUREMENT OF A FIRMWARE IMAGE Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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