Patent ID: 8843650
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for trusted network booting of a server, the system comprising: a booting server that includes a booting image; a network server that boots with the booting image of the booting server, the network server including a trust anchor that obtains a measurement of the booting image, wherein the booting server is in a network configuration with the network server in which the network server downloads the booting image from the booting server before the booting server and the booting image are verified and the measurement of the booting image includes one or more of: a hash value, a checksum, a fingerprint, a check digit, a randomization function, and combinations thereof; and a network controller to control access to a network, the network controller verifying the measurement of the booting image by comparing the measurement of the booting image obtained by the trust anchor with a verified measurement of the booting image before allowing the network server to access the network.