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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Robert J. Sussland, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ravi Kavuri, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Gaurav Agarwal, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Robert J. Sussland, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ravi Kavuri, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Gaurav Agarwal, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Method for distributing encryption keys stored by a centralized key manager, operationally coupled to a first encryption device and the second encryption device is provided. The first encryption device and the second encryption device may request the CKM to provide the stored encryption keys in different formats and each encryption device may use a different encryption format to encrypt information. If the encryption devices are authorized to receive the stored encryption keys, then the CKM prepares the requested keys in different formats and provides them to the encryption devices.