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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2019
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Edward Mastenbrook, Fremont, CA (US);
David Robert Arnold, Toronto, CA;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a data storage device comprising a data path and an access controller. The data path comprises a data port configured to transmit data between a host computer and the data storage device. The data storage device is configured to register with the host computer as a block data storage device. A non-volatile storage medium stores encrypted user content data and a cryptography engine is connected between the data port and the storage medium and uses a cryptographic key to decrypt the encrypted user content data. The access controller generates a challenge for an authorized device; sends the challenge to the authorized device; receives a response to the challenge from the authorized device over the communication channel; calculates the cryptographic key based on the response; and provides the cryptographic key to the cryptography engine to decrypt the encrypted user content data stored on the storage medium.