Offloading workloads to a trusted dock

An information handling system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that upon execution cause the processor to:
• retrieve dock information in response to detecting a connection between the information handling system and a docking station, wherein the dock information includes a dock identifier and a firmware version;
• transmit a first request for a dock firmware based on the dock information;
• transmit a second request to the docking station to read a firmware block associated with the dock firmware;
• generate a hash based on the firmware block received in response to the second request;
• and
• verify the hash by comparing the hash with a hash value included in the dock firmware.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions that are executable to perform operations comprising:

• retrieving dock information in response to detecting a connection between an information handling system and a docking station, wherein the dock information includes a dock identifier and a firmware version;
• transmitting a first request for a dock firmware based on the dock information;
• transmitting a second request to the docking station to read a firmware block associated with the dock firmware;
• generating a hash based on the firmware block received in response to the second request;
• and
• verifying the hash by comparing the hash with a hash value included in the dock firmware.