Boot security using embedded counters
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Nov 8, 2011
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Feb 14, 2008
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Aug 3, 2007
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Aug 8, 2006
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The present disclosure provides a system for providing a security and method of providing an enhanced security booting environment. The system and method includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) stored in memory. The system and method also includes a counter embedded in the memory configured to monitor the number of times each block of the memory has been written. This information could be used with existing error detection mechanisms to improve the ability to detect unintended write operations.
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