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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Jeffery Jay Bobzin, Harvard, MA (US);
Inventor:
Jeffery Jay Bobzin, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Insyde Software Corp., Taipei, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4411 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanism for allowing firmware in a UEFI-compliant device to implement the UEFI specification driver signing and Authenticated Variable elements while at the same time protecting the system security database holding the library of approved keys and lists of allowed and forbidden programs from unauthorized modifications is discussed.