SECURE PROVISIONG OF BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER IDENTITY OF A PLATFORM

    公开(公告)号:US20220278855A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17188047

    申请日:2021-03-01

    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a method and system for provisioning an identity certificate for a BMC of a platform. Based on the certificate signing request (CSR) received from the BMC, a certificate authority (CA) associated with the platform manufacturer may verify the identity of the security processor and private key of BMC. A cryptographic audit session log between a provisioning service of the platform and the security coprocessor of the platform is received along with the CSR at the CA implemented in a cloud system. The CA verifies the signature on the received cryptographic audit session log. After verification, validation tools at the cloud system determine a first time and second time associated with the security coprocessor. When the difference between the first time and the second time is below an expected time of cryptographic communication, the CSR is considered as a valid request and an identity certificate for the BMC is generated and transmitted to the platform.

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