Patent ID: 8181032
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: monitoring, by a first module of a basic input and output system (BIOS) of a computing system, for boot-up of the computing system from a device peripheral to the computing system, the first module being operated by a first processor of the computer system, in an application execution environment operated by the first processor; on detection of a boot-up by the first module, prompting, by the first module, for an authentication token; on receiving an authentication token in response to the prompting, transmitting to a second module operated by a second processor of the computer system, by the first module, the received authentication token, the first and second processors being operationally independent; and on receiving the authentication token from the first module, determining, by the second module, whether to permit the detected boot-up to proceed, based at least in part on the received authentication token; and wherein the determining comprises verifying, by the second module, validity of the received authentication token, and wherein verifying comprises verifying, by the second module, the validity of the received authentication token with a server remote from the computing system.