Patent · US Expired

Computer system security

US6009527A · kind A · utility

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37Claims
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Filing dateOct 23, 1997
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/85
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Security from an unwanted intrusion into a computer system is provided by coupling a host component with a peripheral component using a high-speed serial bus having a high-speed physical layer and using features of the bus to implement the security. In an embodiment, the high-speed serial bus has a secondary bus layer that is used to implement a number of the security features of the invention.

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