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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Ganesh Prabhakar Tambat, Pune, IN;
Mohammed Eliyas Shaikh, Pune, IN;
Saurabh Sitaram Karmarkar, Pune, IN;
Inventors:
Ganesh Prabhakar Tambat, Pune, IN;
Mohammed Eliyas Shaikh, Pune, IN;
Saurabh Sitaram Karmarkar, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/4406 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for creating an encrypted hard disk are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for encrypting a virtual hard disk comprising creating a volume of data for the virtual hard disk and encrypting the volume of data using a predetermined encryption algorithm. The method may also comprise mounting, via at least one computer processor, the encrypted volume of data onto the virtual hard disk.