CPC G06F 21/57 (2013.01) [H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for importing cryptographic credentials to an IHS (Information Handling System), the method comprising:
upon initialization of the IHS, retrieving, by the IHS, an inventory certificate uploaded to a persistent memory of the IHS during factory provisioning of the IHS for a customer, wherein the inventory certificate includes an encrypted access code for unlocking the IHS and further includes encrypted credentials provided by the customer;
issuing, by the IHS, a cryptographic challenge to the customer that presents the encrypted access code;
halting, by the IHS, further initialization of the IHS until a response to the challenge is received from the customer that provides the decrypted access code; and
when the decrypted access code is received from the customer, enabling further initialization of the IHS and importing the encrypted credentials from the inventory certificate to the IHS.
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