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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Chirag K Shroff, Cary, NC (US);
William F. Sulzen, Apex, NC (US);
Ofer Licht, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Chandan Singh, Karnataka, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for configuring network groups without software-based processing and management. A method includes: validating veracity of a secure enclave based on a secure identify of the secure enclave using the instructions of a secure enclave predriver stored in a memory integral to a processor; establishing a secure connection with the secure enclave; retrieving at least one authentication key from the secure enclave; retrieving at least a portion of a bootstrapper from a secure storage based on the instructions of the secure enclave predriver; validating a veracity of the bootstrapper based on the at least one authentication key; initializing an external memory using the instructions of the bootstrapper; copying a bootloader from the secure storage into the external memory; validating a veracity of the bootloader based on the at least one authentication key; and executing the bootloader.