Method and apparatus for providing secure virtualization of a trusted platform module

A method and a related apparatus provide a virtual trusted platform module (TPM). In an example embodiment, a virtual TPM service creates a virtual TPM for use in a processing system that contains a physical TPM. The virtual TPM service may store a key for the virtual TPM in the physical TPM. The vi...

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Main Authors Scarlata, Vincent R, Rozas, Carlos V
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 15.09.2009
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Summary:A method and a related apparatus provide a virtual trusted platform module (TPM). In an example embodiment, a virtual TPM service creates a virtual TPM for use in a processing system that contains a physical TPM. The virtual TPM service may store a key for the virtual TPM in the physical TPM. The virtual TPM service may then use the virtual TPM to provide emulated physical TPM features. In one embodiment, the virtual TPM service may use the virtual TPM to emulate a physical TPM for a virtual machine in the processing system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.