Systems and methods for streamlined platform component attestation
OwnerHongsoon Kwon, Chandrashekar Nelogal +2inventors
InventorsHongsoon Kwon, Chandrashekar Nelogal, Jason Matthew Young, Michael Rash
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Abstract
Systems and methods for streamlined platform attestation are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may have program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: read root certificates for a plurality of components of the IHS; and embed the root certificates for the plurality of components into a platform certificate.
Claims20
An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the hardware processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to:
- read root certificates for a plurality of components of the IHS;
- and
- embed the root certificates for the plurality of hardware components into a platform certificate.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a verifier associated with a manufacturer of an Information Handling System (IHS), a platform certificate associated with the IHS, wherein the platform certificate comprises one or more root certificates for a plurality of hardware components of the IHS;
- and
- cryptographically verifying, by the verifier based upon the one or more root certificates, identities of the plurality of hardware components.
A hardware memory device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a hardware processor of an Information Handling System (IHS), cause the IHS to:
- embed root certificates for a plurality of hardware components of the IHS into a platform certificate, wherein the root certificates are cryptographically trusted by different verifiers associated with manufacturers;
- and
- verify the plurality of hardware components based upon the platform certificate through a verifier associated with a manufacturer of the IHS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.