Patent ID: 7114068

Claim:
A service for managing a network boot of a client computer, the service comprising: storing a list of trusted Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot program servers in an interface service card coupled to a client computer on a network, the interface service card also being coupled to a hyper-secure remote service network that includes remote supervisor computer, wherein the remote supervisor computer controls the storage of the list of trusted PXE boot program servers in the interface service card; broadcasting a request for a boot program from the client computer to a network of PXE boot program servers; receiving a response to the request for the boot program at the client computer, the response being from a responding boot program server on the network of PXE boot program servers; comparing an identity of the responding boot program server with the list of PXE trusted boot program servers; and upon verifying that the responding boot program server is on the list of PXE trusted boot program servers, requesting and downloading onto the client computer a boot program from the responding PXE boot program server.