US 12,309,294 B2
Clustered virtual trusted platform module domain services system
Jeroen Mackenbach, Roosendaal (NL); Anantha K Boyapalle, Cedar Park, TX (US); and John Henry Terpstra, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,579.
Prior Publication US 2023/0344646 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3263 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0877 (2013.01); H04L 9/0897 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a trusted platform module (TPM); and
a virtual TPM (vTPM) domain service that is further configured with at least two TPM servers providing a root of trust that is cross-signed by each one of the at least two TPM servers, the vTPM domain service is configured to:
receive a connection request for a TPM operation from a TPM-vTPM, wherein the TPM-vTPM is configured to connect and consume TPM functionality of the vTPM domain service; and
transmit a response associated with the TPM operation to the TPM-vTPM.