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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Michael Baentsch, Rueschlikon, CH;
Thomas Gschwind, Rueschlikon, CH;
Andreas Schade, Rueschlikon, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is notably directed to a method for enabling a computer () to boot from a user trusted device (), the user trusted device () comprising a connection interface () enabling connection (S) with said computer (), the method comprising: enabling (S) said computer () to start booting from the user trusted device () upon connection (S) of the user trusted device with said computer () via said connection interface (); instructing a processor () of the computer () to execute (S) virtualization sensitive code and issue (S) completion data upon completion of execution, which completion data depends on the virtualization sensitive code and its execution by the processor (); determining (S-S), based on said completion data, whether the execution was not performed in a virtualized environment; and enabling (S) said computer () to complete booting from the user trusted device () upon determining that the execution was not performed in a virtualized environment. The invention is further directed to a user trusted device enabling this method and to related systems.