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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Applicant:
Andrew Dellow, Minchinhampton, GB;
Inventor:
Andrew Dellow, Minchinhampton, GB;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 2209/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a corresponding apparatus for authenticating data in a digital processing system (DPS) is disclosed, wherein a root/first tier key pair associated with a first tier/root authority may sign data and second tier keys for authorizing data for processing in the DPS. The first tier/root authority may pass entitlements to the authorized second tier key, which may itself authorize third tier keys and pass entitlements to said key.