Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User trusted device to attest trustworthiness of initialization firmware
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Application No.: US14651530Application Date: 2013-11-26
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Publication No.: US09639690B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Michael Baentsch , Thomas Gschwind , Andreas Schade
- 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: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent David M. Quinn, Esq.
- Priority: GB1222582.7 20121214
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/060407 WO 20131126
- International Announcement: WO2014/091342 WO 20140619
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F21/44 ; G06F21/57

Abstract:
The present invention is notably directed to a user trusted device (10), comprising: a connection interface (12) enabling connection (S2) with a computer (101); and a persistent memory (14) storing modules (15, 16, 17), which are configured, upon connection of the user trusted device (10) with said computer (101) via said connection interface (12), to: enable said computer (101) to start booting (S3, S3a) from the user trusted device (10); map (S6) firmware data to a code, the firmware data comprising program code of an initialization firmware and/or data accessible by the initialization firmware (122) of the computer while starting to boot; attest (S7-S12) trustworthiness of the code; and enable (S14) said computer (101) to complete booting from the user trusted device (10) if the code is attested. The present invention is further directed to related systems and methods.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150317471A1 USER TRUSTED DEVICE TO ATTEST TRUSTWORTHINESS OF INITIALIZATION FIRMWARE Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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