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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
System and method for authentication of embedded raid on a motherboard having input/output processor
Applicant:
Fadi A. Mahmoud, Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Fadi A. Mahmoud, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An invention is provided for authenticating software associated an embedded device on a motherboard having an IOP is disclosed. The method includes generating a unique authentication code (UAC) based on a serial number for a motherboard. The UAC is provided to a computer system having the motherboard, and a determination is made as to whether the provided UAC is correct for the motherboard. When the provided UAC is correct for the motherboard, the IOP is allowed to execute program instructions for the embedded device.