US 12,437,116 B2
Multi-path zero trust boot method to support context-specific OEM rebranding
Shekar Babu Suryanarayana, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,977.
Prior Publication US 2024/0346184 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/64 (2013.01) [G06F 21/575 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
for each of one or more original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), enumerating all OEM context (OC) attributes associated with a dynamic rebrand protocol and storing OEM-specific mutable entities for each of the OEM context attributes in an OEM context (OC) namespace;
storing one or more OC-specific signatures per OEM in a platform store;
applying an OEM-specific index key determined based on a current boot context; and
loading one or more of the OEM-specific mutable entities based on the current boot context before continuing in regular secure boot path.