VERIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF GENUINE SOFTWARE INSTALLATIONV USING HARDWARE SUPER KEY

摘要

A device, system, and method are disclosed. In one embodiment the device receives a user key from a user application. The device then creates a management engine key by applying a management engine key creation algorithm to the user key. Then the device sends the management engine key to a remote server. Later, the device retrieves a server key from the remote server. The device next performs a hash combination of the user key, the management engine key, and the server key to create a super key. Once the super key has been created, the device authenticates the super key, and if the super key is valid, the device then sends a management engine certification to the user application.