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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Rajeshkumar Ichchhubhai Patel, Bangalore, IN;
Chandrasekhar Puthillathe, Bangalore, IN;
Elie Antoun Jreij, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Shawn Joel Dube, Austin, TX (US);
Pablo Rafael Arias, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, an input/output port communicatively coupled to the processor, and an access controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The an input/output port may be configured to receive an external input/output device and communicatively couple such input/output device to one or more information handling resources of the information handling system. The access controller may be configured to responsive to an attempted management operation at the information handling system, determine if an input/output device coupled to the input/output port is authenticated as a trusted input/output device. The access controller may also be configured to, responsive to determining that the input/output device is authenticated as a trusted input/output device, allow execution of the attempted management operation.