Secure virtual machine bootstrap in untrusted cloud infrastructures
US8856504B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/0897
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described for securely booting and executing a virtual machine (VM) image in an untrusted cloud infrastructure. A multi-core processor may be configured with additional hardware components—referred to as a trust anchor. The trust anchor may be provisioned with a private/public key pair, which allows the multi-core CPU to authenticate itself as being able to securely boot and execute a virtual machine (VM) image in an untrusted cloud infrastructure.
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