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Removable circuit for unlocking self-encrypting data storage devices

  • US 10,382,201 B1
  • Filed: 07/20/2016
  • Issued: 08/13/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a key data storage device (“

    DSD”

    ) configured to;

    connect to be removable from a first server;

    load an operating system stored locally in the key DSD into the memory of the first server, the operating system configured to;

    transmit, from the first server to a second server, a request for a key corresponding to an encrypted DSD, the request including an authentication certificate;

    receive the key from the second server;

    unlock a secure storage area of the encrypted DSD with the key;

    determine if there is an unregistered DSD coupled to the first server, where an unregistered DSD is another DSD that does not have a corresponding key stored in the second server;

    obtain a unique identifier from the unregistered DSD;

    provide the unique identifier and a request for another corresponding key to the second server;

    receive the other corresponding key from the second server; and

    lock the unregistered DSD with the other corresponding key.

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