SALIVATE A Secure Architecture for Loading , Initializing , and Verifying A Trusted Environment

In a networked environment, it is unreasonable to assume that any system is completely impervious to attack. When a system is compromised, however, system administrators would like to restore it to a trusted state. By utilizing a guaranteed boot sequence, the problem of restoring a compromised system is reduced to the simple task of rebooting the machine. This paper presents a flexible architecture for a secure boot and imaging process that ensures a server always boots into a trusted state, without making any assumptions about its previous condition.