公开(公告)号：US09438608B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US14503264

申请日：2014-09-30

Applicant: Core Wireless Licensing, S.a.r.l.

Inventor： Nadarajah Asokan ,  Janne Mantyla ,  Reza Serafat

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/51

CPC classification number: G06F21/51 ,  H04L9/3242 ,  H04L9/3247 ,  H04L63/12 ,  H04L63/168

Abstract: A method for verifying the integrity of platform software of an electronic device is provided, the method comprising accessing a module of said platform software, obtaining a signature (S), obtaining a verification key (VK), said verification key (VK) corresponding to a signing key (SK), verifying if said signature (S) was derived by signing said platform software module with said signing key (SK), by using said verification key (VK), and establishing a positive verification of said platform software module if said verification is successful. The invention also provides a method for providing a platform software module to perform the aforementioned method, and a device on which the aforementioned method can be performed.