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US 2014/0006776 A1Published application
Certification of a virtual trusted platform module
OwnerMark Scott-Nash, Alberto Munoz +2inventors
InventorsMark Scott-Nash, Alberto Munoz, Simon Johnson, Asher Altman
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Abstract
A technique includes on a physical platform, providing a supervisor to manage a lifecycle of a virtual trusted platform module. The technique includes using the supervisor to sign a certificate for an attestation identity key used by the virtual trusted platform module.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- on a physical platform, providing a supervisor to manage a lifecycle of a virtual trusted platform module;
- and
- using the supervisor to sign a certificate for an attestation identity key used by the virtual trusted platform module.
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At least one machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- on a physical platform, provide a supervisor to manage a lifecycle of a virtual trusted platform module;
- and
- use the supervisor to sign a certificate for an attestation identity key used by the virtual trusted platform module.
An apparatus comprising:
- processor-created secure enclaves;
- a virtual trusted platform contained in the secure enclaves;
- and
- a supervisor contained in the secure enclaves to manage a lifecycle of the virtual trusted platform module, the supervisor to, in response to a request by the virtual trusted platform, sign a certificate for an attestation identity key used by the virtual trusted platform module.
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