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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Applicant:
Insyde Software Corp., Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Timothy Andrew Lewis, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Insyde Software Corp., Taipei, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/73 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/73 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 11/1417 (2013.01); G06F 11/1658 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01);
Abstract
A secure computing platform and method for securely enabling inserted or replacement hardware devices during boot of a computing platform are discussed. More particularly, an authorized list holding identifying information associated with approved insertable or replaceable hardware devices is maintained in non-volatile storage and checked by the firmware during a platform boot sequence against identifying information provided by the inserted or replacement hardware devices. Only devices whose information matches the stored authorized list information are enabled.