Patent ID: 8607065
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed on a computing device, the method comprising: receiving a certificate of an Endorsement Key of a remote Trusted Platform Module, the computing device comprising an endorsement key list and configured for remotely initializing the remote Trusted Platform Module, the remotely initializing based on the computing device communicating securely over a network with the remote Trusted Platform Module, the communicating securely based at least in part on the endorsement key list; validating the received certificate; computing a TPM_TakeOwnership command; encrypting, using a public portion of the Endorsement Key, the computed TPM_TakeOwnership command; sending the encrypted TPM_TakeOwnership command to the remote Trusted Platform Module; receiving, in response to the sent TPM_TakeOwnership command, a message from the remote Trusted Platform Module; and verifying that the received message originated from the remote Trusted Platform Module.