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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2002
David John Craft, Austin, TX (US);
David John Craft, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for authentication of code, such as boot code. A memory addressing engine is employable to select a portion of a memory, as a function of a step value, as a first input hash value. The step value allows for the non-commutative cumulative hashing of a plurality of memory portions with a second input hash value, such as a previous hash value that has been rotated left. An authenticator circuit is employable to perform a hash upon the portion of memory and the second input hash value. A comparison circuit is then employable to compare an output of the authenticator circuit to an expected value.