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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2005
Applicant:

Thomas Tahan, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventor:

Thomas Tahan, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for dependent trust in a computer system is provided. In this method, trust dependency relationships are defined among components of the computer system, specifying, for a component, which components it relies on in ensuring the integrity or confidentiality of its code or data. Subsequently, trust dependencies are resolved and the results are used in performing certain operations described in Trusted Computing Group standards including generating an attestation reply, sealing data, and unsealing data. In addition, methods for computing an integrity measurement for a Core Root of Trust for Measurement of a trust-dependent component are included. A system for dependent trust in a computer system is also described.


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