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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Seth Jacob Rothschild, Littleton, MA (US);
Radia Joy Perlman, Redmond, WA (US);
Alex Robbins, Mansfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); H04L 9/3013 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for securing a secret of a client using an escrow agent operatively connected to the client includes initiating enrollment of the client with the escrow agent, wherein the enrollment results the escrow agent generating a key pair comprising a public key and a private key, obtaining the public key from the escrow agent, wherein the private key is not shared with the client, encrypting the secret with the public key to obtain an encrypted secret, and storing the encrypted secret on the client.