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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Andrew Leppard, Greenacres, AU;
Alan Kennington, Balwyn North, AU;
Inventors:
Andrew Leppard, Greenacres, AU;
Alan Kennington, Balwyn North, AU;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); H04L 9/002 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 2209/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for protecting de-duplication repositories against a malicious attack are disclosed. One method receives at least one block of data to store in a data storage system. A de-duplication engine comprising a secret key is utilized to generate a secret key hash of the at least one block of data. A comparison of the secret key hash of the at least one block of data with a secret key hash table of previously stored data on the data storage system to identify duplicated data, the secret key hash comparing protecting the data storage system against a malicious attack.