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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Patrick J. Callaghan, Vestal, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product includes receiving, in a booted state of a computing system, a request to load an operating system configuration. The method further includes storing, automatically in response to receiving the request, a digital key to authenticate the operating system configuration. The method further includes restarting the computing system. In response to restarting the computing system and while the computing system is in a pre-boot state, the method includes: validating that the digital key stored is one for a valid operating system configuration; receiving, from a user interface physically coupled to the computing system, a signal confirming the received request; authenticating, in response to receiving the signal, the operating system configuration using the digital key; and booting, in response to the authenticating, the operating system configuration.