Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Multiple computer communication using cryptography – Protection at a particular protocol layer
Patent
1998-10-14
2000-03-14
Wright, Norman Michael
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Multiple computer communication using cryptography
Protection at a particular protocol layer
714 9, 714 39, G06F 1300
Patent
active
060386673
ABSTRACT:
A security enhanced computer system arrangement includes a coprocessor and a multiprocessor logic controller inserted into the architecture of a conventional computer system. The coprocessor and multiprocessor logic controller is interposed between the CPU of the conventional computer system to intercept and replace control signals that are passed over certain of the critical control signal lines associated with the CPU. The multiprocessor logic controller arrangement thereby isolates the CPU of the conventional computer system from the remainder of the conventional computer system, permitting separate control over the CPU and separate control over the remainder of the computer system. By controlling the control signals that are normally passed between the CPU and the remainder of the computer system, the multiprocessor logic controller permits the coprocessor to perform highly secure operations. These secure operations, selectable by a trusted operator or built in to a cooperating operating system, verify that the computer system is a trusted computing base which can be relied upon to perform its operations properly and without compromise.
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