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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Kerry Maletsky, Monument, CO (US);
David Paul Arnold, Chandler, AZ (US);
Nicolas Auguste Constant Schieli, Saint-Lambert, CA;
Bryan Hunt, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices of the disclosure relate, generally, to secure boot assist for devices. In one or more embodiments, a first device includes firmware that needs to be verified as secure as part of a secure boot process, and a second device assists the first device to secure the secure boot process. In some embodiments the second device verifies security of the firmware responsive to security data provided by the first device, or verifies security of a program provided by the first device, the program for verifying security of the firmware. In some embodiments the second device provides a program for verifying security of the firmware to the first device.