Patent ID: 11907373
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for validating firmware used by an IHS (Information Handling System), the method comprising:
retrieving an inventory certificate uploaded to the IHS during factory provisioning of the IHS, wherein the inventory certificate includes an inventory identifying firmware for use by the IHS, and wherein the inventory certificate uploaded to the IHS during the factory provisioning is signed by a certificate authority of a manufacturer of the IHS;
authenticating the inventory that identifies the firmware for use by the IHS, wherein the inventory is authenticated using cryptographic credentials that are included in the inventory certificate and that are signed by the certificate authority of the manufacturer of the IHS;
collecting an inventory of firmware used by a plurality of hardware components of the IHS;
comparing the collected inventory of firmware against the authenticated inventory from the inventory certificate in order to validate the IHS is operating using only factory-provisioned firmware; and
signaling a validation failure when the comparison indicates that one or more of the plurality of hardware components is not operating using the factory-provisioned firmware specified in the inventory certificate.