摘要:
In accordance with one aspect of boot blocks for software, in a computer system that has a central processing unit and a software identity register, an atomic operation is executed to set an identity of a piece of software into the software identity register. If the atomic operation completes correctly, then the software identity register contains the identity of the piece of software; otherwise, the software identity register contains a value other than the identity of the piece of software.
摘要:
A system and method for authenticating an operating system includes, in accordance with one aspect, a method in a computer system having a processor, an operating system (OS), and a software identity register that holds an identity of the operating system, the processor having a private key. The method comprises forming an OS certificate containing the identity from the software identity register and signing the OS certificate using the private key. In accordance with another aspect, the signed identity is submitted to a recipient to prove an identity of the operating system to the recipient.
摘要:
Secure storage for downloaded content on a subscriber computer is keyed to a trusted digital rights management operating system, a trusted application, a trusted user or a combination thereof. A one-way hash function is applied to a seed supplied by an application to produce a hashed seed that is used to generate the application storage key. A one-way hash function is applied to a seed supplied by a user to produce a first hashed seed that is passed to a keyed hash function, which is keyed to an identity for the user, to produce a second hashed seed. The second hashed seed is used to generate the user storage key. An operating system storage key is generated from an unhashed seed. One of the storage keys is used to encrypt the downloaded content. An access predicate attached to the content when it is downloaded is associated with the storage key to enforce certain limitations on the access of the content.
摘要:
Digital rights for content downloaded to a subscriber computer from a provider are specified in an access predicate. The access predicate is compared with a rights manager certificate associated with an entity, such as an application, that wants access to the content. If the rights manager certificate satisfies the access predicate, the entity is allowed access to the content. A license that specifies limitations on the use of the content can also be associated with the content and provided to the entity. The use the entity makes of the content is monitored and terminated if the entity violates the license limitations. In one aspect of the invention, the access predicate and the license are protected from tampering through cryptographic techniques.
摘要:
The identity of an operating system running on a computer is determined from an identity associated with an initial component for the operating system, combined with identities of additional components that are loaded afterwards. Loading of a digital rights management operating system on a subscriber computer is guaranteed by validating digital signatures on each component to be loaded and by determining a trust level for each component. A trusted identity is assumed by the digital rights management operating system when only components with valid signatures and a pre-determined trust level are loaded. Otherwise, the operating system is associated with an untrusted identity. Both the trusted and untrusted identities are derived from the components that were loaded. Additionally, a record of the loading of each component is placed into a boot log that is protected from tampering through a chain of public-private key pairs.
摘要:
In accordance with certain aspects, a computer system has a central processing unit (CPU) and an operating system (OS), the CPU having a pair of private and public keys and a software identity register that holds an identity of the operating system. An OS certificate is created including the identity from the software identity register, information describing the operating system, and the CPU public key. The created OS certificate is signed using the CPU private key.
摘要:
A general-purpose processor (CPU) is configured with a new mechanism facilitating an authenticated boot sequence that provides building blocks for client-side rights management when the system is online, and provides continued protection of persistent data even when the system goes offline or is rebooted. The CPU includes a cryptographic key pair, and a manufacturer certificate testifying that the manufacturer built the CPU according to a known specification. The operating system (OS) includes a unique block of code, or “boot block” that can establish OS identity by extraction from a digitally signed boot block or by computing a hash digest of the boot block. During booting, the CPU executes a single opcode, followed by the boot block, as an atomic operation to set the identity of the OS into the software identity register. The subscriber unit then can establish a chain of trust to a content provider.
摘要:
A digital rights management operating system protects rights-managed data, such as downloaded content, from access by untrusted programs while the data is loaded into memory or on a page file as a result of the execution of a trusted application that accesses the memory. To protect the rights-managed data resident in memory, the digital rights management operating system refuses to load an untrusted program into memory while the trusted application is executing or removes the data from memory before loading the untrusted program. If the untrusted program executes at the operating system level, such as a debugger, the digital rights management operating system renounces a trusted identity created for it by the computer processor when the computer was booted. To protect the rights-managed data on the page file, the digital rights management operating system prohibits raw access to the page file, or erases the data from the page file before allowing such access. Alternatively, the digital rights management operating system can encrypt the rights-managed data prior to writing it to the page file. The digital rights management operating system also limits the functions the user can perform on the rights-managed data and the trusted application, and can provide a trusted clock used in place of the standard computer clock.
摘要:
In one aspect, a data structure to be encrypted is received, the data structure including content along with a statement of conditions under which the content may be decrypted. The content is encrypted using a public key of a pair of public and private keys of a device that is to decrypt the data structure. In another aspect, a data structure is decrypted using a private key of a pair of public and private keys. A statement of conditions under which content in the data structure can be decrypted is obtained, and testing is performed as to whether the conditions are satisfied. The decrypted content is returned only if the conditions are satisfied.
摘要:
In one aspect, a data structure to be encrypted is received in a device, the data structure including content along with a statement of conditions under which the content may be decrypted. The data structure is encrypted using a symmetric key of a processor of the device. In another aspect, a data structure is decrypted using a processor symmetric key. A statement of conditions under which content in the data structure can be decrypted is obtained, and testing is performed as to whether the conditions are satisfied. The decrypted content is returned only if the conditions are satisfied.