METHOD FOR PREVENTING LOADING AND EXECUTION OF ROGUE OPERATING SYSTEMS IN A LOGICAL PARTITIONED DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
Patent №
US 7,464,405
Granted
2008-12-09
Filed 2004
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10809674
A method for managing operating systems. A request from an operating system is received in the multi-partitioned data processing system to register for access to hardware in the multi-partitioned data processing system. The request includes a key code for the operating system. A determination is made as to whether the operating system is an authorized operating system using the key code in response to receiving the request. The operating system is registered if the operating system is the authorized operating system. Otherwise, the operating system is terminated.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 145040204
Assignors
DAWKINS, GEORGE JOHN, MCINTOSH, GORDON D.
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