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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
John B. Geagan, San Jose, CA (US);
Dulce B. Ponceleon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0618 (2013.01); H04L 9/0877 (2013.01);
Abstract
Encryption key block generation with barrier descriptors is provided. In some embodiments, a descriptor is read. The descriptor includes a list of revoked devices and a list of boundaries between devices. A plurality of subset differences is generated. The plurality of subset-differences covers a plurality of devices. None of the plurality of devices appears in the list of revoked devices. None of the plurality of subset differences spans any of the boundaries. Encrypted information is generated based on the subset differences.