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US 2006/0070056 A1Published application
Isolating software deployment over a network from external malicious intrusion
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsColin Watson, Martin Holladay, Mukesh Karki
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Abstract
Described herein is an implementation for secure deployment, over a network, of software (e.g., an operating system) and updates to a bare computer (e.g., a server), so that it is not susceptible to malicious network-based intrusion.
Claims26
One or more processor-readable media having processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform acts comprising:
- isolating a bare computer on a network from an untrustworthy network, wherein the untrustworthy network is capable of communicating a malicious intrusion to the bare computer when the bare computer is not isolated from the untrustworthy network;
- enabling a bare computer to receive an operating system via the network;
- enabling the bare computer to receive, while still isolated, an update to the operating system via the network.
A method comprising:
- enabling a bare computer on a network to be isolated from an untrustworthy network, wherein the untrustworthy network is capable of communicating a malicious intrusion to the bare computer when the bare computer is not isolated from the untrustworthy network;
- enabling a bare computer to receive an operating system via the network;
- enabling the bare computer to receive, while still isolated, an update to the operating system via the network;
- enabling the bare computer to apply, while still isolated, the update to the operating system.
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A system comprising:
- a deployment means for deploying an operating system via a network to a bare computer;
- an updating means for sending, after a deployment, an update to the operating system of the bare computer via the network;
- an isolation means for isolating the bare computer from an untrustworthy network while the updating means is sending the update, wherein the untrustworthy network is capable of communicating a malicious intrusion to the bare computer when the bare computer is not isolated from the untrustworthy network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.