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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Libor Sykora, Prague, CZ;
Wade Benson, San Jose, CA (US);
Vratislav Kuzela, Cakovicky, CZ;
Michael Brouwer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andrew R. Whalley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerrold V. Hauck, Windermere, FL (US);
David Finkelstein, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas Mensch, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed relating to relating to a public key infrastructure (PKI). In one embodiment, an integrated circuit is disclosed that includes at least one processor and a secure circuit isolated from access by the processor except through a mailbox mechanism. In some embodiments, the secure circuit is configured to generate a public key and a private key for an application, and receive, from the application via an API, a request to perform a cryptographic operation using the private key. The secure circuit is further configured to perform the cryptographic operation in response to the request.