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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:
Feb. 28, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Eugene David Cho, Austin, TX (US);

Mario Alberto Sanchez, Austin, TX (US);

Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, Austin, TX (US);

Marshal F. Savage, Austin, TX (US);

Paul W. Vancil, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/606 (2013.01); H04L 9/0822 (2013.01); H04L 25/0204 (2013.01);
Abstract

An Information Handling System (IHS) includes multiple hardware devices, and a baseboard Management Controller (BMC) in communication with the plurality of hardware devices. The BMC includes instructions for executing an assistance application (APP) in an untrusted domain of the BMC. The assistance APP configured to monitor a custom BMC firmware stack executed in the untrusted domain. The instructions are further executed to verify an integrity of the assistance APP from a trusted domain of the BMC by encrypting communications between the trusted and untrusted domains using an encryption key that comprises a function of a time counter value.


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