System and method for out-of-band assisted biometric secure boot

In some embodiments, the invention involves using a dedicated service processor with out-of-band capabilities to enable a secure boot using biometric data to authenticate the user. In some embodiments, at least a secondary token is used enhance the secure boot. An off-line database may be accessed b...

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Hauptverfasser: Rothman, Michael, A, Zimmer, Vincent. J
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:In some embodiments, the invention involves using a dedicated service processor with out-of-band capabilities to enable a secure boot using biometric data to authenticate the user. In some embodiments, at least a secondary token is used enhance the secure boot. An off-line database may be accessed by the service processor during boot to store or retrieve biometric templates to compare with scanned, live, biometric data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.