Patent ID: 8683188

Claim:
A method of preventing the unauthorized rebooting of a server comprising a computer processor, the server having a reboot password comprising: updating a server such that rebooting of the server is required; performing a rebooting routine prior to rebooting of the server, the rebooting routine comprising: generating a change record authorizing the rebooting of the server; authenticating that rebooting of the server is authorized by the change record; responsive to entering a password into the server, authenticating that the password entered corresponds to the reboot password; generating by the server a valid reboot key to authorize the rebooting of the server; and responsive to entering a reboot key into the server, authenticating by a computer processor that the reboot key entered corresponds to the valid reboot key; wherein after authenticating that rebooting of the server is authorized by the change record, after authenticating that the password entered corresponds to the reboot password, and after authenticating by a computer processor that the reboot key entered corresponds to the valid reboot key, further comprising rebooting the server.