Systems and methods for providing secure pre-boot and root authentication to an information handling system

A method comprising:

• receiving a unique identifier associated with a host information handling system;
• responsive to receiving the unique identifier, communicating a signed unique identifier to the host information handling system, the signed unique identifier comprising the unique identifier signed with a private key;
• and
• enabling at least one of pre-boot access and root access by a client information handling system to an access controller responsive to the access controller decrypting the signed unique identifier with a public key corresponding to the private key and determining that the decrypted signed unique identifier and the unique identifier match.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a computer readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to:
• receive a unique identifier associated with a host information handling system;
• responsive to receiving the unique identifier, communicate a signed unique identifier to the host information handling system, the signed unique identifier comprising the unique identifier signed with a private key;
• and
• enable at least one of pre-boot access and root access by a client information handling system to an access controller responsive to the access controller decrypting the signed unique identifier with a public key corresponding to the private key and determining that the decrypted signed unique identifier and the unique identifier match.