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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Timothy M. Lambert, Austin, TX (US);
Johan Rahardjo, Austin, TX (US);
Brian L. Brelsford, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving a unique identifier associated with a host information handling system. The method may also include, responsive to receiving the unique identifier, communicating a signed unique identifier to the host information handling system, the signed unique identifier comprising the unique identifier signed with a private key. The method may further include enabling at least one of pre-boot access and root access by a client information handling system to an access controller responsive to the access controller decrypting the signed unique identifier with a public key corresponding to the private key and determining that the decrypted signed unique identifier and the unique identifier match.