摘要:
A technique to enable secure application and data integrity within a computer system. In one embodiment, one or more secure enclaves are established in which an application and data may be stored and executed.
摘要:
A hardware-based digital random number generator is provided. The digital random number generator is a randomly behaving random number generator based on a set of nondeterministic behaviors. The nondeterministic behaviors include temporal asynchrony between subunits, entropy source “extra” bits, entropy measurement, autonomous deterministic random bit generator reseeding and consumption from a shared resource.
摘要:
A computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a storage device, a device controller and a chipset. The device controller includes lock registers having values that correspond to the ranges of locked sectors of the storage device. The lock registers verify if a storage device access request is targeted for ranges of sectors of the storage device that are locked. The chipset includes an embedded controller to authenticate the storage device access request and to manage configuration of the storage device.
摘要:
Active management technology (AMT) may be provisioned in a client device automatically, which may provide a secure connection between the provisioning server and the client device. The client device comprising the active management technology may support zero-touch provisioning and one-touch provisioning.
摘要:
A method and system for maintaining integrity and confidentiality of pages paged to an external storage unit from a physically secure environment. An outgoing page is selected to be exported from a physically secure environment to an insecure environment. An integrity check value is generated and stored for the outgoing page. In one embodiment, this takes the form of taking a one-way hash of the page using a well-known one-way hash function. The outgoing page is then encrypted using a cryptographically strong encryption algorithm. Among the algorithms that might be used in one embodiment of the invention are IDEA and DES. The encrypted outgoing page is then exported to the external storage. By virtue of the encryption and integrity check, the security of the data on the outgoing page is maintained in the insecure environment.
摘要:
Briefly, one embodiment of a platform for generating and utilizing a protected audit log is described. The platform comprises a system memory and a memory to contain an audit log. The audit log includes a plurality of single-write, multiple read entries. At least one of the entries of the audit log includes stored data integrity information loaded into the system memory during its power cycle.
摘要:
A chipset is initialized in a secure environment for an isolated execution mode by an initialization storage. The secure environment has a plurality of executive entities and is associated with an isolated memory area accessible by at least one processor. The at least one processor has a plurality of threads and operates in one of a normal execution mode and the isolated execution mode. The executive entities include a processor executive (PE) handler. PE handler data corresponding to the PE handler are stored in a PE handler storage. The PE handler data include a PE handler image to be loaded into the isolated memory area after the chipset is initialized. The loaded PE handler image corresponds to the PE handler.
摘要:
In an embodiment of the present invention, a technique is provided for remote attestation. An interface maps a device via a bus to an address space of a chipset in a secure environment for an isolated execution mode. The secure environment is associated with an isolated memory area accessible by at least one processor. The at least one processor operates in one of a normal execution mode and the isolated execution mode. A communication storage corresponding to the address space allows the device to exchange security information with the at least one processor in the isolated execution mode in a remote attestation.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a method for certifying an attestation key comprises generating a remote attestation key pair within a platform and producing a certificate. The certificate includes a public attestation key to attest that a private attestation key, corresponding to the public attestation key, is stored in hardware-protected memory.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and system for controlling memory accesses to multiple memory zones in an isolated execution environment. A processor having a normal execution mode and an isolated execution mode generates an access transaction. The access transaction is configured using a configuration storage that stores configuration settings. The configuration settings include a plurality of subsystem memory range settings defining memory zones. The access transaction also includes access information. A multi-memory zone access checking circuit, coupled to the configuration storage, checks the access transaction using at least one of the configuration settings and the access information. The multi-memory zone access checking circuit generates an access grant signal if the access transaction is valid.