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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Wael Ibrahim, Houston, TX (US);
Manuel Novoa, Houston, TX (US);
Wael Ibrahim, Houston, TX (US);
Manuel Novoa, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment a computer system, comprises a processor, a trusted platform module comprising at least one platform configuration register, a basic input/output system, and logic to unseal at least one current key in the trusted platform module, initiate an update to the basic input/output system, obtain, with the update, at least a component of one expected value for a platform configuration register in the trusted platform module, seal at least one key using the at least one expected value for a platform configuration register, and install the basic input/output system update.