Distributed and redundant firmware evaluation

An automated method for distributed and redundant firmware evaluation involves using a first interface that is provided by system firmware of a client device to obtain, at an evaluation server, a first firmware resource table (FRT) from the client device. The evaluation server also uses a second int...

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Hauptverfasser:	Poornachandran, Rajesh, Smith, Ned M, Zimmer, Vincent J, Sun, Mingqiu, Selvaraje, Gopinatth
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	An automated method for distributed and redundant firmware evaluation involves using a first interface that is provided by system firmware of a client device to obtain, at an evaluation server, a first firmware resource table (FRT) from the client device. The evaluation server also uses a second interface that is provided by a component of the client device other than the system firmware to obtain a second FRT from the client device. The evaluation server automatically uses the first and second FRTs to identify a trustworthy FRT among the first and second FRTs. The evaluation server automatically uses the trustworthy FRT to determine whether the client device should be updated. For instance, the evaluation server may automatically use the trustworthy FRT to determine whether firmware in the client device should be updated. Other embodiments are described and claimed.