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US 9,286,493 B2Granted
Encryption bridge system and method of operation thereof
AssigneeClevX, LLC
InventorsSimon B. Johnson, Lev M. Bolotin
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Abstract
A method of operation of an encryption bridge system that includes: verifying an authentication parameter using a self-authenticating encryption bridge; and controlling encryption for using the self-authenticating encryption bridge disposed between a computer system and a storage system in response to the verification including determining whether data is received from the computer system or received from the storage system.
Claims10
A method of operation of an encryption bridge system comprising:
- providing power for a self-authenticating encryption bridge from a communication channel or within the self-authenticating encryption bridge;
- providing multiple authentication parameters for authenticating multiple users in the self-authenticating encryption bridge;
- providing multiple encryption keys for encrypting clear data in the self-authenticating encryption bridge for multiple partitions in a storage system;
- verifying the authentication parameters using the self-authenticating encryption bridge, the self-authenticating encryption bridge includes a human input mechanism for receiving input;
- controlling encryption for using the self-authenticating encryption bridge disposed between a computer system and the storage system in response to the verification including:
- unlocking an encryption/decryption process based on the verification, receiving data to the self-authenticating encryption bridge,
- identifying a source of the data received by the self-authenticating encryption bridge for controlling encryption/decryption, the source includes a storage system source or a computer system source, and
- decrypting the data received from the storage system to the computer system for storage on the computer system based on the storage system source;
- transferring the clear data to the computer system over a first communication channel from the self-authenticating encryption bridge;
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- transferring encrypted data to the storage system over a second communication channel from the self-authenticating encryption bridge.
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An encryption bridge system comprising:
- a self-authenticating encryption bridge for verifying authentication parameters, the self-authenticating encryption bridge having multiple of the authentication parameters for authenticating multiple users in the self-authenticating encryption bridge, multiple encryption keys for encrypting clear data in the self-authenticating encryption bridge for multiple partitions in a storage system, and a human input mechanism for receiving input, the self-authenticating encryption bridge disposed between a computer system and the storage system, and the self-authenticating encryption bridge is for controlling encryption in response to the verification including:
- unlocking an encryption/decryption process based on the verification,
- receiving data to the self-authenticating encryption bridge,
- identifying a source of the data received by the self-authenticating encryption bridge for controlling encryption/decryption, the source includes a storage system source or a computer system source, and
- decrypting the data received from the storage system to the computer system for storage on the computer system based on the storage system source;
- a first communication channel from the self-authenticating encryption bridge for transferring the clear data to the computer system;
- a second communication channel from the self-authenticating encryption bridge for transferring encrypted data to the storage system;
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- a source of power for providing the power for the self-authenticating encryption bridge from a communication channel or within the self-authenticating encryption bridge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.