Intel Corporation

General Dynamics Decision Systems, Inc.

Donald B Harbin

Mark W Wunderlich

Jonathan G Wootten

Gregory Ralph Osborn

Richard Allen Perona

Susan Kromenaker

Clifford Andrew Williams

Karl Krummel

A topology of storage nodes coupled to a network to provide storage resources to clients coupled to the network is described. A common transport agent (CTA) comprises a common communication interface with each of the storage nodes. The common communication interface with each storage node may be independent of any particular input/output format to be used in storing data in or retrieving data from a storage medium associated with the storage node. The CTA may also comprise a communication interface with the network which is independent of any particular network protocol to transmit data over the network.

Network abstraction of input/output devices

A data security system ( ) provides cryptographic services in a multiprocessor platform ( ) supporting a distributed application ( ). The distributed application ( ) includes a cryptographic object ( ) that is executable exclusively on the data security system ( ). An input interface object ( ), a cryptographic function ( ), and an output interface objection ( ) form the cryptographic object ( ). The data security system ( ) includes a first processor element ( ) for executing the input interface object ( ), a second processor element ( ) for executing the cryptographic function ( ), and a third processor element ( ) for executing the output interface object ( ). The combination of data security system ( ) and cryptographic object ( ) ensures the separation of plain text data ( ) from cipher text data ( ).

Method and system for providing cryptographic services in a distributed application

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Donald B Harbin