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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2012
David Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hormuzd M. Khosravi, Portland, OR (US);
Uri Blumenthal, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Men Long, Hillsboro, OR (US);
David Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hormuzd M. Khosravi, Portland, OR (US);
Uri Blumenthal, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Men Long, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, articles, methods, and systems for secure platform voucher service for software within an execution environment. An embodiment includes the ability for a Virtual Machine Monitor, Operating System Monitor, or other underlying platform capability to restrict memory regions for access only by authenticated, authorized and verified software components. A provisioning remote entity or gateway only needs to know a platform's public key or certificate hierarchy to receive verification for any component. The verification or voucher helps assure to the remote entity that no malware running in the platform or on the network will have access to provisioned material. The underlying platform to lock and unlock secrets on behalf of the authenticated/authorized/verified software component provided in protected memory regions only accessible to the software component.