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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Paul England, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems that provide for secure and reliable remote management. Cryptographic health tickets provided by a management server are provided to a protected process executing on a computing device. In some examples, the health tickets reset an authenticated watchdog timer that resets the computing device if the timer expires. In some examples, the computing device may contact the management server prior to loading an operating system to receive instructions, but may omit contacting the management server if a valid health ticket is found.