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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
William D. Leara, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard Christopher Thompson, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Nikhil Manohar Vichare, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01); H03K 3/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/58 (2013.01); G06F 7/582 (2013.01); G06F 7/588 (2013.01); H03K 3/84 (2013.01); H04L 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for generating a secure random seed uses chemical processes in a battery of an information handling system as an entropy source for randomness. The secure random seed may be used by a pseudo-random number generator to create a secure pseudorandom bit stream usable to generate secure encryption keys.