Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for authenticating the identity of an information handling system
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Application No.: US17372806Application Date: 2021-07-12
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Publication No.: US11977640B2Publication Date: 2024-05-07
- Inventor: Mukund P. Khatri , Eugene David Cho
- Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Fogarty LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/57
- IPC: G06F21/57 ; G06F21/10 ; G06F21/33 ; G06F21/60 ; G06F21/64 ; G06F21/73 ; G06Q30/0645

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for validating components of an Information Handling System (IHS). During factory provisioning of the IHS, an owner certificate is stored that specifies an identity of a motherboard installed during manufacture of the IHS. The owner certificate is signed by a certificate authority of an owner of the IHS that retains capabilities for specifying the use of boot code provided by successive renters of the IHS. A renter certificate is also stored that specifies an identity of a chassis to which the motherboard is installed during manufacture of the IHS. Upon a transfer of control or ownership of the IHS, boot code operations by the security processor identify a motherboard and chassis in use by the IHS and utilize the motherboard and chassis certificates to validate that the identified motherboard and chassis are the same motherboard and chassis installed during manufacture of the IHS.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230009032A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING THE IDENTITY OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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