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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Aseem Rastogi, Fremont, CA (US);
Lintu Thomas, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher Del Signore, San Jose, CA (US);
Aseem Rastogi, Fremont, CA (US);
Lintu Thomas, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher Del Signore, San Jose, CA (US);
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In embodiments according to the present invention an encryption switch is used to authorize access to LUNs from client VMs present in the cloud provider network. The encryption switch includes responder side software for an authentication protocol and an agent in the client VM includes the requestor side of the authentication protocol. The certificate of the client is securely provided to the encryption switch, which associates the client VM with the LUN. The client private key is securely provided to the client VM, which retains it only non-persistently. The client VM requests LUN access and performs an authentication handshake with the encryption switch. If successful the client VM than has access to the LUN. As the original certificate is linked to the client, if the client is itself a VM, should the client be moved to a different host, the certificate moves with it and LUN accessibility is maintained.