Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure method for system attribute modification
- Patent Title (中): 系统属性修改的安全方法
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Application No.: US10180160Application Date: 2002-06-26
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Publication No.: US07174465B2Publication Date: 2007-02-06
- Inventor: Joseph Wayne Freeman , Chad Lee Gettelfinger , Steven Dale Goodman , William Fred Keown, Jr. , Eric Richard Kern , Randall Scott Springfield
- Applicant: Joseph Wayne Freeman , Chad Lee Gettelfinger , Steven Dale Goodman , William Fred Keown, Jr. , Eric Richard Kern , Randall Scott Springfield
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte, Ltd
- Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte, Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Kunzler & Associates
- Agent Carlos Munoz-Bustamante
- Main IPC: H04L9/32
- IPC: H04L9/32 ; H04L9/00

Abstract:
A method is disclosed for securely updating system attributes of a client computer with a BIOS and includes signing a public key of a secure server with a private key of the BIOS prior to completion of manufacturing of the client computer to create an encrypted public key and embedded private key stored at the server. The method includes receiving at the server a request packet transmitted from the client computer requesting system attribute modification, encrypting the request packet to create an encrypted packet, and transmitting a return packet to client computer comprising the encrypted packet, the server's public key, and server instructions. The client computer decrypts the request packet using the server's public key and compares it to the original request packet, and if identical, executes the server instructions to modify the client computer's boot block to update client computer's system attributes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040006700A1 Secure method for system attribute modification Public/Granted day:2004-01-08
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