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Method and device for verifying the security of a computing platform

US7770000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Matthias Schunter · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
Jonathan A. Poritz · Colorado Springs, US
Michael Waidner · Darmstadt, DE
Elsie A. Van Herreweghen · Horgen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 2008
Grant date	Aug 3, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/57
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and device for verifying the security of a computing platform. In the method for verifying the security of a computing platform a verification machine is first transmitting a verification request via an integrity verification component to the platform. Then the platform is generating by means of a trusted platform module a verification result depending on binaries loaded on the platform, and is transmitting it to the integrity verification component. Afterwards, the integrity verification component is determining with the received verification result the security properties of the platform and transmits them to the verification machine. Finally, the verification machine is determining whether the determined security properties comply with desired security properties.

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