Leveraging a trusted party third-party HSM and database to securely share a key

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining steps of:

• storing a plurality of activation codes, each of the activation codes associated with a respective unique identifier (UID) of semiconductor device;
• receiving, over a network, a request to generate a new storage root key (SRK), the request including a response code and a requested UID;
• identifying a selected activation code from the plurality of activation codes based on the requested UID;
• generating the SRK using the response code and the selected activation code;
• associating the SRK with the requested UID and storing the SRK;
• and
• returning an acknowledgement in response to the request.

A device comprising:

• a microprocessor;
• and
• a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the microprocessor, the stored program logic comprising:
• logic, executed by the microprocessor, for storing a plurality of activation codes, each of the activation codes associated with a respective unique identifier (UID) of semiconductor device;
• logic, executed by the microprocessor, for receiving, over a network, a request to generate a new storage root key (SRK), the request including a response code and a requested UID;
• logic, executed by the microprocessor, for identifying a selected activation code from the plurality of activation codes based on the requested UID;
• logic, executed by the microprocessor, for generating the SRK using the response code and the selected activation code;
• logic, executed by the microprocessor, for associating the SRK with the requested UID and storing the SRK;
• and
• logic, executed by the microprocessor, for returning an acknowledgement in response to the request.