Patent ID: 11870918
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a receiver;
a firmware security descriptor generator;
a transmitter; and
a database and information stored by the database is configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive, by the receiver, a request for a certificate associated with authentication of an end device, wherein the end device is a memory device configured to store data for a host device;
identify, by the firmware security descriptor generator, publicly-available information based at least in part on receiving the request, wherein the publicly-available information comprises a geographical zone associated with the end device, a time stamp associated with activating the end device, information about a user of the end device, information about an owner of the end device, a string of characters associated with an entity of the end device, a default set of parameters, or any combination thereof;
generate, by the firmware security descriptor generator, the certificate based at least in part on the publicly-available information; and
transmit, by the transmitter, the certificate for authentication of the end device to a server associated with authenticating the end device.