ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,724, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Post-quantum cryptography for secure boot" was invented by Kenneth Leon Root (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Daniel Saul Fess (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In general, a computing device comprising a secure memory, a storage device, and a processor may be configured to implement the techniques. The secure memory may store a post-quantum cryptographic reference signature (PQCRS). The storage device may store bootloader stages, a list of classical cryptographic reference signatures (CCRS), and a PQC public key (PQCPK). The processor may, prior to exec...