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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:

Patrick R. Eaton, Arlington, MA (US);

Zane Pan, Lexington, MA (US);

Rossen Dimitrov, Nashua, NH (US);

Inventors:

Patrick R. Eaton, Arlington, MA (US);

Zane Pan, Lexington, MA (US);

Rossen Dimitrov, Nashua, NH (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Accessing data includes determining if the data is provided on a local group of servers or on an external group of servers. If the data is provided on a local group of servers, a storage server is used to access the data. If the data is provided on an external group of servers, a proxy server is used to access the data. The proxy server interacts with an entity accessing the data in a manner that is substantially similar to interaction between the entity and the storage server. Using the proxy server may include initially providing an account id and a password. Following providing an account id and a password, using the proxy server may include using an account id and a shared secret. Using the proxy server may include using RSA ID tokens or cryptographic certificates.


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