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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Felipe Knop, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Anil Kurmus, Rueschlikon, CH;
Alessandro Sorniotti, Rueschlikon, CH;
Yuri Volobuev, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/008 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 2209/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of encryption of several units of a computerized system, wherein each of the units comprises data, includes generating distinct initialization vectors, or IVs, for the units, and storing the generated IVs; and for each unit of the several units: accessing a stored IV corresponding to the unit; and encrypting the unit according to the accessed IV and an encryption key.