System and method to secure boot both UEFI and legacy option ROM's with common policy engine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8694761
APP PUB NO 20100169633A1
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12347834

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In some embodiments, the invention involves using a policy engine during boot, in the driver execution environment (DXE) phases to authenticate that drivers and executable images to be loaded are authenticated. Images to be authenticated include the operating system (OS) loader. The policy engine utilizes a certificate database to hold valid certificates for third party images, according to platform policy. Images that are not authenticated are not loaded at boot time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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Cui, Liang Shanghai, CN 40 831
Kumar, Mohan Aloha, US 49 1393
Long, Qin Shanghai, CN 14 386
Natu, Mahesh Portland, US 29 342
Yao, Jiewen Shanghai, CN 46 595
Zimmer, Vincent Federal Way, US 77 663

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