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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2011
Applicants:

Matthew Graham Baldwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Bharath Kumar Chandrasekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Graham Baldwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Bharath Kumar Chandrasekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server computer provides centralized key management services to several computers having encrypted files or file systems. The server computer receives key requests from the computers. The server computer issues a key to a computer that passes an integrity check. The key is used to unlock an encrypted file or file system in the computer. When the computer fails another integrity check after receiving the key, indicating a change in the security posture of the computer, the server computer may revoke the key automatically or upon receipt of an instruction from a key administrator.


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