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US 2013/0173906 A1Published application
Cloning storage devices through secure communications links
OwnerEric T. Obligacioninventor
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Abstract
New storage devices located remote to old storage devices may be cloned through a secure data communications link established with a secure boot device located in the storage device. The secure communications link cryptographically splits data and encrypts the data for transmission over unsecure public network through the secure communications link. The cloning process may be completed between the new storage device and the old storage device with little or no involvement from other devices.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- establishing a secure communications link between a first storage device and a second storage device;
- generating a data stream of data stored on the first storage device;
- splitting the data stream cryptographically;
- and
- transmitting the cryptographically split data.
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A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
- code to establish a secure communications link between a first storage device and a second storage device;
- code to generate a data stream of data stored on the first storage device;
- code to split the data stream cryptographically;
- and
- code to transmit the cryptographically split data.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory connected to the processor;
- a secure boot device connected to the processor;
- and
- a network adapter connected to the processor,
- in which the processor is configured:
- to establish a secure communications link between a first storage device and a second storage device with the secure boot device;
- to generate a data stream of data stored on the first storage device;
- to split the data stream cryptographically;
- and
- to transmit the cryptographically split data through the network adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.