Method and apparatus to harden a software execution in random access memory

US9104863B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9104863-B2
Application numberUS-98237810-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 30, 2010
Priority dateDec 23, 2010
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a system, apparatus and methods for preserving the integrity of a code to prevent it from being modified, maliciously or inadvertently, while it is in execution in the RAM of a computer platform. This method also may be referred to as code hardening. Code to be hardened in example embodiments of the present invention may be referred to as protected code. Example embodiments of the present invention are able to externally detect unauthorized stoppage of the hypervisor by employing ( 1 ) a launch-time metric of the protected code; ( 2 ) a run-time metric of the protected code; and ( 3 ) a liveliness indicator of the protected code.

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What is claimed is: 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from a computer platform at an external verifier, a launch-time metric of stored protected code, wherein the launch-time metric comprises a first measurement of stored protected code in storage of the computer platform generated at a first launch time of the computer platform; obtaining, from the computer platform at the external verifier, a run-time metric of the executed protected code, wherein the run…

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What does patent US9104863B2 cover?
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a system, apparatus and methods for preserving the integrity of a code to prevent it from being modified, maliciously or inadvertently, while it is in execution in the RAM of a computer platform. This method also may be referred to as code hardening. Code to be hardened in example embodiments of the present invention may be referred to as p…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mao Wenbo, Yang Ziye, Emc Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F21/554. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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