Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual-signed executable images for customer-provided integrity
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Application No.: US15386120Application Date: 2016-12-21
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Publication No.: US10659234B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Kannan Varadhan , Chirag Shroff , Rakesh Chopra
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F21/12
- IPC: G06F21/12 ; G06F21/44 ; G06F8/61 ; G06F8/65 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L9/14 ; H04L9/30

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a computing device receives an image that has been signed with a first key, wherein the image includes a first computational value associated with it. A second computational value associated with the image is determined and the image is signed with a second key to produce a signed image that includes both the first and second computational values. Prior to loading the dual-signed image, the computing device attempts to authenticate the dual-signed image using both the first and second computational values, and, if successful, loads and installs the dual-signed image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170230185A1 DUAL-SIGNED EXECUTABLE IMAGES FOR CUSTOMER-PROVIDED INTEGRITY Public/Granted day:2017-08-10
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