Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure initial program load
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Application No.: US16392833Application Date: 2019-04-24
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Publication No.: US11574060B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Louis P. Gomes , Martin Schwidefsky , Reinhard T. Buendgen , Viktor Mihajlovski
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Edward J. Wixted III, Esq.; Blanche E. Schiller, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F21/57
- IPC: G06F21/57

Abstract:
An initial program load of a system component of a computing environment is performed. A determination is made as to whether one or more signatures of one or more signed binary code components relating to the system component are verified. Based on determining that the one or more signatures are verified, additional verification is performed. The additional verification includes obtaining a select binary code component of one or more binary code components relating to the system component and determining whether the select binary code component is a particular signed binary code component. Based on determining that the select binary code component is the particular signed binary code component, a check is performed. The initial program load is continued based on a successful check.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200342111A1 SECURE INITIAL PROGRAM LOAD Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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