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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Dmitri Pal, Framingham, MA (US);
Rob Crittenden, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/06 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
Storing a key to an encrypted file in a kernel memory is disclosed. Authentication data may be received and authentication credentials of the authentication data may be stored in a file. The file may be encrypted and a key to the encrypted file may be generated. The encrypted file may be stored in a user space and the key may be stored in a kernel space. The key may be retrieved from the kernel space and applied to the encrypted file in the user space to decode the encrypted file and subsequently access the authentication credentials stored in the encrypted file.