Providing a real-time indication of platform trust

Methods and apparatuses for providing a real-time indication of platform trust are provided. Embodiments include an integrity reporting module determining that a platform is currently operating in a system management mode (SMM) and receiving from an integrity measurement module, an integrity measure...

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Hauptverfasser: SKALSKY NATHAN C, KLUSTAITIS PAUL
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and apparatuses for providing a real-time indication of platform trust are provided. Embodiments include an integrity reporting module determining that a platform is currently operating in a system management mode (SMM) and receiving from an integrity measurement module, an integrity measurement results signal. Embodiments also include the integrity reporting module determining whether the received integrity measurement results signal indicates the platform is trusted. If the received integrity measurement results signal indicates that the platform is trusted, the integrity reporting module provides to a user of the platform, a real-time visual indication that the platform is trusted. If the received integrity measurement results signal indicates that the platform is not trusted, the integrity reporting module provides to the user a real time visual indication that the platform is not trusted.