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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Adam D. Barr, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael M. Swift, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles T. Lenzmeier, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A remote boot process uses a secret to sign and/or seal the data necessary to remotely boot a client from a server on a network to ensure the integrity of the data. The secret is generated by the server and securely delivered to the client during the initial setup of the client. The secret contains a one-way encryption of the password for the client account on the server. Each side balances a signed message with a verify and a sealed message with an unseal. Subsequent transactions between the client and server are conducted using messages encrypted with a key generated by the server and securely delivered to the client in a message sealed using the secret. The secret can also be used in conjunction with an access data structure to prevent unauthorized users from accessing data stored on the server on behalf of the client or other users. In other aspects of the invention, the secret is replaced by a client private/public key pair.