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Secure system boot monitor

US10691807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21References

28Claims

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Assignee

NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · TW

Inventors

Ziv Hershman · Givat Shmuel, IL
Dan Morav · Herzliya, IL
Ilan Margalit · Nes Ziona, IL
Nimrod Peled · Nes Ziona, IL
Moshe Alon · Nes Ziona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 2019
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 7, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/38
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A security device includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured for connecting to a bus that serves a host device and a non-volatile memory (NVM) device. The processor is connected to the bus in addition to the host device and the NVM device. The processor is configured to detect on the bus a boot process, in which the host device retrieves boot code from the NVM device, and to ascertain a security of the boot process, based on an authentic copy of at least part of the boot code of the host device.

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