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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Krishna Kumar Ganesan, Beaverton, OR (US);
Karunakara Kotary, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1435 (2013.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 9/4403 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 2212/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer boot apparatus and related method use a primary boot component (PBC) that is fixedly mounted in the computer. The PBC has a firmware element that is a non-volatile memory comprising a boot critical portion with instructions that initiate a boot of the computer. The PBC also has a policy manager and a version identifier. The PBC initializes the computer boot via the boot critical portion. The policy manager verifies and authenticates a secondary boot component that is removably attached to the computer.