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Patent No.:

US 9686078 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2015
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael David Marr, Monroe, WA (US);

Pradeep Vincent, Issaquah, WA (US);

Matthew T. Corddry, Seattle, WA (US);

James R. Hamilton, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3236 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

The state of firmware for devices on a provisioned host machine can be validated independent of the host CPU(s) or other components exposed to the user. A port that is not fully exposed or accessible to the user can be used to perform a validation process on firmware without accessing a CPU of the host device. The firmware can be scanned and a hashing or similar algorithm can be used to determine validation information, such as hash values, for the firmware, which can be compared to validation information stored in a secure location. If the current and stored validation information do not match, one or more remedial actions can be taken to address the firmware being in an unknown or unintended state.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Marr, Michael. (2017). Firmware validation from an external channel (U.S. Patent No. 9686078). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9686078

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