Cryptography – Particular algorithmic function encoding – Nbs/des algorithm
Patent
1993-05-10
1994-09-20
Cangialosi, Salvatore
Cryptography
Particular algorithmic function encoding
Nbs/des algorithm
380 4, 380 49, H04L 912
Patent
active
053496434
ABSTRACT:
A client workstation generates a network request for an initial program load. The request is serviced by a server which preferably includes in the reply to the client the addresses of an authentication server (AS), client, and a secure initial program load server (SECIPL). The client then requests an SECIPL service ticket from the AS, also sending a common identifier known to the AS and the client, preferably stored in the client ROM. This identifier is utilized by the AS to validate the ticket request as originating from a bona fide client, whereupon the ticket is provided by the AS to the client, the SECIPL service ticket is then presented by the client to the SECIPL server which then authenticates that the ticket is bona fide and was received by the client from the AS. The SECIPL then provides a secure kernel to the client, either encrypted with a key known to the SECIPL and client, or otherwise secured by a cryptographic checksum utilizing a key known to the client and the SECIPL. In this manner, the client workstation is thereby assured that an authenticated boot image has been received through potentially non-secure communication links.
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Cox James O.
Mott James M.
Cangialosi Salvatore
Carwell Robert M.
International Business Machines - Corporation
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