Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hardware device mutual authentication system and method for a baseboard management controller (BMC)
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Application No.: US17381508Application Date: 2021-07-21
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Publication No.: US11651110B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Dharma Bhushan Ramaiah , Viswanath Ponnuru , Chandrasekhar Mugunda , Rama Rao Bisa , Shinose Abdul Rahiman , Vineeth Radhakrishnan , Chandrashekar Nelogal , Chitrak Gupta
- Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Fogarty LLP
- Priority: IN 2111030709 2021.07.08
- Main IPC: G06F21/73
- IPC: G06F21/73 ; G06F21/85 ; G06F21/60 ; G06F21/64

Abstract:
An Information Handling System (IHS) includes multiple hardware devices, and a baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in communication with multiple hardware devices of the IHS. The BMC includes executable instructions for transmitting a broadcast message to the hardware devices in which the broadcast message has a block of data including a digital signature of the BMC. Each of the hardware devices that receive the broadcast message are configured to transmit a broadcast acknowledgment message to the BMC. Using the block of data, the BMC and hardware devices may perform a mutual consensus procedure with other using a cryptographic hash function of the block of data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230009968A1 HARDWARE DEVICE MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER (BMC) Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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