Patents by Inventor Dave Brolley

Dave Brolley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Module signing for unprivileged users to create and load trustworthy kernel modules
    Patent number: 8667298
    Abstract: A module building system, hosted by a server, receives a user script to be run to monitor software on a client using an introspection tool. The server adds safety constraints to the user script and generates a client kernel module using the user script which includes the safety constraints. The server signs the client kernel module and sends the signed client kernel module to the client. The signed client kernel module allows a user to use the introspection tool to load and execute the client module on the client for monitoring the software on the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ch. Eigler, Dave Brolley
  • MODULE SIGNING FOR UNPRIVILEGED USERS TO CREATE AND LOAD TRUSTWORTHY KERNEL MODULES
    Publication number: 20110225420
    Abstract: A module building system, hosted by a server, receives a user script to be run to monitor software on a client using an introspection tool. The server adds safety constraints to the user script and generates a client kernel module using the user script which includes the safety constraints. The server signs the client kernel module and sends the signed client kernel module to the client. The signed client kernel module allows a user to use the introspection tool to load and execute the client module on the client for monitoring the software on the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Frank Ch. Eigler, Dave Brolley