Secure remote management of a TPM
OwnerDavid Challener, Mark Davis +3inventors
InventorsDavid Challener, Mark Davis, Steven Goodman, Isaac Karpel, Randall Springfield
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Abstract
A method, system and computer-usable medium are presented for remotely controlling a TPM by loading a trusted operating system into a computer; and in response to the trusted Operating System (OS) being loaded into the computer, authorizing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in the computer to execute a command that would otherwise require, for execution of the command, an indication of a physical presence of an operator of the computer.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- loading a trusted operating system into a computer;
- and
- in response to the trusted Operating System (OS) being loaded into the computer, authorizing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in the computer to execute a command that would otherwise require, for execution of the command, an indication of a physical presence of an operator of the computer.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- a memory coupled to the data bus;
- and
- a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
- loading a trusted operating system into a computer;
- and
- in response to the trusted Operating System (OS) being loaded into the computer, authorizing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in the computer to execute a command that would otherwise require, for execution of the command, an indication of a physical presence of an operator of the computer.
A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
- loading a trusted operating system into a computer;
- and
- in response to the trusted Operating System (OS) being loaded into the computer, authorizing a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in the computer to execute a command that would otherwise require, for execution of the command, an indication of a physical presence of an operator of the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.