US 11,755,786 B2
Command authority extension system and method for security protocol and data model (SPDM) secure communication channels
Chandrasekhar Mugunda, Austin, TX (US); Chandrashekar Nelogal, Round Rock, TX (US); Rama Rao Bisa, Bangalore (IN); Vineeth Radhakrishnan, Bangalore (IN); Dharma Bhushan Ramaiah, Bengaluru (IN); Viswanath Ponnuru, Bangalore (IN); and Shinose Abdul Rahiman, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/381,584.
Claims priority of application No. 202111030704 (IN), filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007874 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/74 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/74 (2013.01) [G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a hardware device in communication with a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), the hardware device comprising one or more processors and one or more memory units including instructions that, upon execution by the processors, are executed to:
establish a secure communication channel with the BMC;
receive a list of allowed commands from the BMC;
when a command is received, determine whether the command is included in the list;
when the command is in the list and the command is received within the secure communication channel, perform the command; and
when the command is in the list and the command is received outside of the secure communication channel, ignore the command.