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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Konrad Ohms, Boeblingen, DE;

Diane Kim, Durham, NC (US);

Amardeep S. Kalsi, Worcester Park, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); G06F 16/137 (2019.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for securely processing secret values in application configurations. A configuration file for an application is retrieved from a first repository, where the configuration file stores a configuration value and a link to a secret value in a second repository. The secret value is retrieved from the second repository using the link. The configuration value is hashed to output a hashed configuration value and the secret value is hashed to output a hashed secret value. The hashed configuration value is signed, with a private key, to output a hashed and signed configuration value, and the hashed secret value is signed, with the private key, to output a hashed and signed secret value. The configuration value, the secret value, the hashed and signed configuration value, and the hashed and signed secret value are stored in a release file. The application is executed using the release file.


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