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COMPUTING DEVICE BOOT SOFTWARE AUTHENTICATION

  • US 20140089651A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2012
  • Published: 03/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a processor circuit; and

    a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and arranged to store an initial boot software component comprising a sequence of instructions operative on the processor circuit to;

    select a first set of boot software components of multiple sets of boot software components, each set of boot software components defines a pathway that branches from the initial boot software component and that rejoins at a latter boot software component;

    authenticate a first boot software component of the first set of boot software components; and

    execute a sequence of instructions of the first boot software component to authenticate a second boot software component of the first set of boot software components to form a chain of authentication through a first pathway defined by the first set of boot software components.

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