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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
James A Sutton, Portland, OR (US);
David W Grawrock, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G01N 23/223 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4403 (2013.01); G01N 23/223 (2013.01); G01N 33/502 (2013.01); G01N 33/6872 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 12/145 (2013.01); G06F 12/1458 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G01N 2223/076 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for initiating secure operations in a microprocessor system is described. In one embodiment, one initiating logical processor initiates the process by halting the execution of the other logical processors, and then loading initialization and secure virtual machine monitor software into memory. The initiating processor then loads the initialization software into secure memory for authentication and execution. The initialization software then authenticates and registers the secure virtual machine monitor software prior to secure system operations.