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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2007
David C. Challener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Randall S. Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
David C. Challener, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daryl Cromer, Cary, NC (US);
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Randall S. Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for managing a flash drive, hard disk, or connection between the two, in a manner to ensure that sensitive data is not decrypted at any time when it would be vulnerable. Accordingly, in a first implementation, the data may preferably be encrypted as it first goes into a flash drive and decrypted when it comes out of the flash drive. In another implementation, the flash drive may be logically bound to the hard disk, so that they would both use the same encryption key. In yet another implementation, if a hard disk is moved to another system, then the flash drive may also preferably be simultaneously moved.