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First Claim
1. A method to verify a geographic location of a virtual disk image executing at a data center server within a data center, the method comprising:
- sending a disk image hash value of the virtual disk image signed by an endorsement key unique to a cryptoprocessor proximate the data center server to a data center tenant, a public half of the endorsement key, and a digital certificate certifying the public half of the endorsement key to a data center tenant, private half of the endorsement key is stored in the cryptoprocessor proximate the data center server and is unique to the cryptoprocessor; and
sending the geographic location of the cryptoprocessor matching the public half of the endorsement key to the data center tenant by a location provider proximate the server.
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Abstract
A method to verify a geographic location of a virtual disk image executing at a data center server within a data center. One embodiment includes a cryptoprocessor proximate the data center server, a hypervisor configured to send a disk image hash value of the virtual disk image, a digital certificate issued to the cryptoprocessor, an endorsement key to a data center tenant and a location provider. The method includes sending a disk image hash value of the virtual disk image, an endorsement key unique to a cryptoprocessor proximate the data center server to a data center tenant, and a digital certificate to a data center tenant. Next, the location provider sends the geographic location of the cryptoprocessor matching the endorsement key to the data center tenant.
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1. A method to verify a geographic location of a virtual disk image executing at a data center server within a data center, the method comprising:
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sending a disk image hash value of the virtual disk image signed by an endorsement key unique to a cryptoprocessor proximate the data center server to a data center tenant, a public half of the endorsement key, and a digital certificate certifying the public half of the endorsement key to a data center tenant, private half of the endorsement key is stored in the cryptoprocessor proximate the data center server and is unique to the cryptoprocessor; and sending the geographic location of the cryptoprocessor matching the public half of the endorsement key to the data center tenant by a location provider proximate the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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