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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2020
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Jeffrey Leighton Kennedy, Austin, TX (US);
Milton Olavo Taveira, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may: receive firmware of an integrated circuit (IC) of an information handling system; receive a digital signature of the firmware, where the digital signature includes an encrypted hash value, encrypted with a private encryption key; determine a first hash value of the firmware; decrypt the encrypted hash value, via a public encryption key associated with the private encryption key, to obtain a second hash value; determine if the first hash value matches the second hash value; if so, permit the information handling system to boot an operating system; and if not, prevent, by the authentication device, the information handling system from booting the operating system.