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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/35 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01);
Abstract
Electronic hardware components include integrated near field communications (NFC) modules configured to respond to authentication messages sent by a baseboard management controller (BMC). The authentication messages include cryptographic authentication challenges. The hardware component NFC modules are configured with private keys to decrypt messages sent by the BMC and digitally sign information such as VPD and SN that identify the hardware component. Secure component verification using NFC helps to detect component substitution attacks.