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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Daryl C. Cromer, Apex, NC (US);
James P. Ward, Raleigh, NC (US);
Howard J. Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Richard A. Dayan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Michael J. Steinmetz, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and system aspects for securely transferring a computer system are described. A computer system is disabled at a shipping point via an RFID (radio frequency identification) interface and re-enabled at a receiving point via the RFID interface. Disabling the computer system includes selecting a boot password, writing the boot password to storage in the computer system via the RFID interface, and setting a disable bit in the storage via the, RFID interface. Re-enabling the computer system includes entering the boot password via the RFID interface and clearing the disable bit.