发明授权
US07836309B2 Generic extensible pre-operating system cryptographic infrastructure
有权
通用可扩展的操作前系统加密基础设施
- 专利标题: Generic extensible pre-operating system cryptographic infrastructure
- 专利标题(中): 通用可扩展的操作前系统加密基础设施
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申请号: US11780781申请日: 2007-07-20
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公开(公告)号: US07836309B2公开(公告)日: 2010-11-16
- 发明人: Erik Holt , Stefan Thom , Shivaram H. Mysore , Valerie Kathleen Bays , Carl Ellison
- 申请人: Erik Holt , Stefan Thom , Shivaram H. Mysore , Valerie Kathleen Bays , Carl Ellison
- 申请人地址: US WA Redmond
- 专利权人: Microsoft Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Microsoft Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US WA Redmond
- 代理机构: Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
- 主分类号: G06F21/00
- IPC分类号: G06F21/00
摘要:
A cryptographic device protocol provides a generic interface allowing pre-OS applications to employ any of a variety of cryptographic devices within the pre-OS environment. The generic interface can be used independent of the specific cryptographic devices and is independent of the cryptographic or hashing algorithms used by each device. Cryptographic functions may be performed in the pre-OS environment by pre-OS applications communicating with cryptographic device drivers using the cryptographic device protocol that is independent of the cryptographic devices. Each cryptographic device may be identified by a unique device identifier and may have a number of keys available to it, with each key being identified by a unique key identifier.