Abstract: Establishing secure connections from a computing device to secure servers when the computing device starts with an incorrect system clock time that would ordinarily prohibit connection to the secure servers. A method includes attempting to access a plurality of secure servers. The method further includes, from each of the servers in the plurality of secure servers, receiving one or more certificates from the secure servers and metadata which includes a specification of time. The method further includes preventing secure applications from sending sensitive data to the plurality of secure servers until a system time has been approximated. The method further includes, from the secure specifications of time, approximating a current system time. The method further includes accessing another secure server using the approximated current system time and using the approximated current system time to validate a certificate from the other server.

Abstract: Establishing secure connections from a computing device to secure servers when the computing device starts with an incorrect system clock time that would ordinarily prohibit connection to the secure servers. A method includes attempting to access a plurality of secure servers. The method further includes, from each of the servers in the plurality of secure servers, receiving one or more certificates from the secure servers and metadata which includes a specification of time. The method further includes preventing secure applications from sending sensitive data to the plurality of secure servers until a system time has been approximated. The method further includes, from the secure specifications of time, approximating a current system time. The method further includes accessing another secure server using the approximated current system time and using the approximated current system time to validate a certificate from the other server.

Abstract: Systems and methods for validating integrity of an executable file are described. In one aspect, multiple partial image hashes are generated, the combination of which represent a digest of an entire executable file. Subsequent to loading the executable file on a computing device, a request to page a portion of the executable file into memory for execution is intercepted. Responsive to intercepting the request, and prior to paging the portion into memory for execution, a validation hash of the portion is computed. The validation hash is compared to a partial hash of the multiple partial image hashes to determine code integrity of the portion. The partial hash represents a same code segment as the portion.