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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Dor Laor, Tel Aviv, IL;
Izik Eidus, Raanana, IL;
Inventors:
Dor Laor, Tel Aviv, IL;
Izik Eidus, Raanana, IL;
Assignee:
Red Hat Israel, Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06F 21/6227 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanism for automatically encrypting and decrypting virtual disk content using a single user sign-on is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving credentials of a user of a virtual machine (VM) provided as part of a single sign-on process to access the VM, referencing a configuration database with the received credentials of the user, determining encryption and decryption policy settings for the VM from the configuration database, and at least one of encrypting or decrypting, by the VM, files of the VM based on the determined encryption and decryption policy settings.