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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Michael David Marr, Monroe, WA (US);
Matthew T. Corddry, Seattle, WA (US);
James R. Hamilton, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
When providing a user with native access to at least a portion of device hardware, the user can be prevented from modifying firmware and other configuration information by controlling the mechanisms used to update that information. For example, a clock or a timer mechanism can be used by a network interface card to define a mutability period. During the mutability period, firmware update to a peripheral device can be allowed. Once the mutability period has expired, firmware update to a peripheral device will no longer be allowed.
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