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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2016
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Johan Rahardjo, Austin, TX (US);

Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US);

Michael J. Stumpf, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 9/0877 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include: (i) retrieving a profile from a management controller of an information handling system, the management controller configured to provide management of the information handling system via management traffic communicated between the management controller and a dedicated management network external to the information handling system, and the profile including data regarding a configuration of the management controller; (ii) comparing the profile to one or more golden profiles to determine whether security of the management controller has been compromised; (iii) responsive to the profile matching a golden profile of the one or more golden profiles, permitting the management controller to continue execution; and (iv) responsive to the profile failing to match a golden profile of the one or more golden profiles, taking remedial action with respect to the management controller.


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