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US 12,399,987 B1Granted
Performing authentication
AssigneeRaven White Security, Inc.
InventorBjorn Markus Jakobsson
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Abstract
Preference data is received. The received preference data is compared to stored preference data associated with a user with which the received preference data is associated. A determination is made whether to authorize an action based at least on the comparison. The preference data is received as a selection.
Claims14
A method for utilizing a computer-readable tamper-evident log to manage an action to be performed by at least one computing device, the tamper-evident log accessible via at least one network interface that is communicatively coupled to a communications network, the method comprising:
- before the action is allowed to be performed, appending information about the action to the tamper-evident log;
- before the action is allowed to be performed, obtaining an attestation value associated with the action, the attestation value having been computed using a cryptographic digital signature function, the attestation value based at least in part on the information about the action;
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- upon appending the information about the action to the tamper-evident log, performing the action;
- wherein, tampering of the tamper-evident log is detectable by performing a verification using the information about the action and the attestation value for the action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.