Method and system for verifying the integrity of computing devices

US9906493B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Skyport Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Stephen Rodgers · Mountain View, US
• William N. Eatherton · San Jose, US
• Michael John Beesley · Atherton, US
• Stefan Dyckerhoff · Palo Alto, US
• Philippe Lacroute · Sunnyvale, US
• Edward Ronald Swierk · Mountain View, US
• Neil Vincent Geraghty · San Francisco, US
• Keith Eric Holleman · Campbell, US
• Thomas J. Giuli · Mountain View, US
• Srivatsan Rajagopal · Cupertino, US
• Paul Edward Fraley · Sunnyvale, US
• Vijay Krishnaji Tapaskar · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel Sergeevich Selifonov · Mountain View, US
• Keith Anthony Low · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2018
• Expiry date: May 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/168
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for verifying integrity of computing devices. The method includes providing a first integrity associated with a server executing on a computing device to a management service, and receiving, in response to providing the first integrity measurement, a first mutual attestation value from the management service. The method further includes providing a second integrity associated with a network adaptor executing on a computing device to a management service, and receiving, in response to providing the second integrity measurement, a second mutual attestation value from the management service. The method further includes performing a mutual attestation between the server and the network adaptor using the first mutual attestation value and the second mutual attestation value, and notifying the management service that the mutual attestation has been successfully completed.