Management of authenticated variables
US9785801B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/12
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: an out-of-band cryptoprocessor coupled to secure non-volatile storage; and at least one storage medium having firmware instructions stored thereon for causing, during runtime and after an operating system for the apparatus has booted, the cryptoprocessor to (a) store a key within the secure non-volatile storage, (b) sign an object with the key, while the key is within the cryptoprocessor, to produce a signature, and (c) verify the signature. Other embodiments are described herein.
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