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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2007
Applicants:

Vaibhave Agarwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Rajamohan Gandhasri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vaibhave Agarwal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Rajamohan Gandhasri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for pre-generating encryption keys for re-keying stored ciphertext. The encryption keys are illustratively distributed to LKMs and therefrom to the security appliances communicating with each other. A minimum number of un-used pre-generated encryption keys is established wherein when that number is reached more pre-generated encryption keys are created and distributed.


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