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Content based hardware security module assignment to virtual machines

US9767295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Volker Boenisch · Eppelheim, DE
Reinhard T. Buendgen · Lörrach, DE
Franziska Geisert · Altdorf, DE
Jakob C. Lang · Altdorf, DE
Mareike Lattermann · Stuttgart, DE
Angel Nunez Mencias · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2015
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2009/45587
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

At least one hardware security module out of a plurality of hardware security modules is assigned to a guest system. The at least one hardware security module out of the plurality of hardware security modules is configured with a master key. A data pattern is used for a challenge protocol adapted to prove that the at least one hardware security module out of the plurality of hardware security modules is configured with the master key. The at least one hardware security module including the master key is assigned to the guest system based on a positive outcome of the challenge protocol.

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