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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Mark Spiegel, West Hills, CA (US);
David Buches, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Patrick Gardner, Northridge, CA (US);
David Kane, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark Spiegel, West Hills, CA (US);
David Buches, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Patrick Gardner, Northridge, CA (US);
David Kane, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for securely managing file-attribute information for files in a file system may comprise: 1) identifying at least one file, 2) identifying file-attribute information that identifies at least one file attribute for the file, 3) identifying volatile metadata associated with the file that contains file-attribute information, 4) determining that the file has been modified, and 5) automatically deleting the volatile metadata. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.