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Establishing a chain of trust within a virtual machine

US9992024B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FUJITSU LIMITED · JP

Inventors

Zhexuan Song · College Park, US
Maarten Wiggers · Palo Alto, US
Ryusuke Masuoka · Kawasaki, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2012
Grant date	Jun 5, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L9/3265
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of establishing a chain of trust into a virtual machine on a hardware system is described. The method may include measuring an immutable portion of a virtual machine image configured to instantiate as the virtual machine to generate a trust anchor measurement. The method may also include storing the trust anchor measurement in a sealed memory.

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