Secure provisioning of operating systems
US12003638B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/127
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, media, and systems for secure provisioning of servers within a cloud computing environment are provided for herein. In some embodiments, a management service can delegate provisioning of a server of the cloud computing environment to an imaging service. In response, the imaging service can generate an operating system image for the server and can utilize disk encryption to protect to operating system image. In embodiments, a volume encryption key of the disk encryption can be encrypted utilizing a public key of a trusted platform manager of the server, to produce an encrypted volume encryption key that is protected by the trusted platform module of the server. The encrypted operating system image and the encrypted volume encryption key can then be transmitted to the server to cause the server to be provisioned with the operating system image. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed herein.
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