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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jean Pierre, Brockton, MA (US);
Carol Sheridan, Littleton, MA (US);
Shruti Shetty, Braintree, MA (US);
Azzam Tannous, Framingham, MA (US);
Massarrah Tannous, Bellingham, MA (US);
Huijun Xie, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Boot integrity of a storage platform is verified by comparing observed boot data values with expected boot data values stored in a secure remote cloud. The boot data values include hashes of software that runs at each stage of a boot sequence, e.g., BIOS, bootloader, kernel, and runlevel programs. The observed boot data values may be provided by a TPM using an AIK and nonce. If the observed boot data values fail to match the expected boot data values then a boot integrity service running on the storage platform limits functionality such as by disabling IO services, disabling remote data replication, enabling a diagnostic service, enabling a data collection service, disabling access by non-service accounts, and protecting a management database.