MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511005541 A) filed by Ivanti, Inc. on January 23, 2025, for Secure Boot Operations In Network Appliances.
Inventors include Sundapalayam, Ananth; Kanagaraj, Kalaimani; and Telikapalli, Ravi Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: An embodiment includes a method for upgrading a network appliance while preserving existing data. Upon receiving an upgrade trigger, the network appliance downloads and stores an updated package containing at least a new kernel and a new ramdisk. The network appliance identifies the currently active image partition and the separate factory reset partition...