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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jeff Robert Boyton, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael Gerard Goberis, Broomfield, CO (US);
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew Thomas Starr, Lafayette, CO (US);
Jeff Robert Boyton, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Michael Gerard Goberis, Broomfield, CO (US);
Nathan Christopher Thompson, Boulder, CO (US);
Spectra Logic Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A tape cartridge is described including tape storage medium maintaining stored encrypted data that can be unencrypted via an encryption key. The tape cartridge also contains a medium auxiliary memory possessing a moniker wherein the moniker identifies the encryption key. The tape cartridge further includes a threshold parameter stored in the medium auxiliary memory wherein the threshold parameter influences a moniker state control, the moniker state control comprises an on state and an off state wherein the off state disables the moniker from identifying the encryption key.