Trusted platform module compliance station
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsSteven Paul Houtchens, Sumit Gwalani, Tan Gao, Willis Ransom Calkins
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject technology relate to a compliance station including a test breakout board coupled to a computing device and a trusted platform module, wherein the test breakout board is configured to allow signaling to pass between the computing device and the trusted platform module and a test controller interface coupled to the test breakout board. In certain aspects, the test controller interface is configured to provide signaling to the trusted platform module and to receive signaling from the trusted platform module. A method and computer-readable medium are also provided.
Claims17
A compliance station, comprising:
- a test breakout board coupled to a computing device and a trusted platform module, wherein the test breakout board is configured to allow signaling to pass between the computing device and the trusted platform module;
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- a test controller interface coupled to the test breakout board, wherein the test controller interface is configured to provide signaling to the trusted platform module and to receive signaling from the trusted platform module, and wherein the test breakout board and the test controller interface are configured to measure a rate at which the trusted platform module can generate one or more cryptographic keys.
A method for verifying compliance requirements of a trusted platform module, comprising:
- coupling a test breakout board to a computing device and a trusted platform module, wherein the test breakout board is configured to allow signaling to pass between the computing device and the trusted platform module;
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- coupling a test controller interface to the test breakout board, wherein the test controller interface is configured to provide signaling to the trusted platform module and to receive signaling from the trusted platform module,
- wherein the test breakout board and the test controller interface are configured to monitor signaling between the trusted platform module and the computing device, and
- wherein the test breakout board and the test controller interface are configured to determine a number of cryptographic keys that have been pre-generated by the trusted platform module.
A computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- facilitating, using a test breakout board, communication between a computing device and a trusted platform module;
- providing signaling to the trusted platform module, using a test controller interface;
- receiving signaling from the trusted platform module, using the test controller interface;
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- monitoring signaling between the trusted platform module and the computing device, the monitoring comprising measuring a rate at which the trusted platform module can generate or re-generate one or more cryptographic keys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.