Multi-party authorized secure boot system and method
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsMukund P. Khatri, Eugene David Cho
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods to provide multi-party authorized secure boot authentication are disclosed. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a processing device may include computer-executable instructions to, during a boot process of the processing device, identify two or more secure boot keys that may be used to authorize, using an authentication process, an ensuing phase of the boot process, identify a subset of the secure boot keys that are to be used to perform the authentication process, and using each of the subset of secure boot keys, perform the authentication process.
Claims20
A multi-party authorized secure boot system comprising:
- a processing device comprising one or more processors and one or more memory units including instructions that, upon execution by the processors, cause the processing device to:
- during a boot process of the processing device, identify two or more secure boot keys that may be used to authorize, using an authentication process, an ensuing phase of the boot process;
- identify a subset of the secure boot keys that are to be used to perform the authentication process;
- and
- using each of the subset of secure boot keys, perform the authentication process.
A multi-party authorized secure boot method comprising:
- during a boot process of a processing device, identifying two or more secure boot keys that may be used to authorize, using an authentication process, an ensuing phase of the boot process;
- identifying a subset of the secure boot keys that are to be used to perform the authentication process;
- and
- using each of the subset of secure boot keys, performing the authentication process.
A memory storage device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processors of a processing device, cause the processing device to:
- during a boot process of the processing device, identify two or more secure boot keys that may be used to authorize, using an authentication process, an ensuing phase of the boot process;
- identify a subset of the secure boot keys that are to be used to perform the authentication process;
- and
- using each of the subset of secure boot keys, perform the authentication process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.