Method and Apparatus of Providing Security to an External Attachment Device
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- presenting to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory;
restricting the computing device from accessing a secured second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device; and
in response to receiving a valid identity authentication, unrestricting access to the second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of providing security to an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device are described herein. One embodiment includes presenting to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory; restricting the computing device from accessing a secured second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device; and in response to receiving a valid identity authentication, unrestricting access to the second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device. In one embodiment, in response to receiving a logon request from the computing device, an identity authentication process is initiated, wherein the process is stored on the first partition. Furthermore, in one embodiment, a process stored on a disk controller receives an encryption key from the process stored on the first partition of the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, and the process stored on the disk controller uses the encryption key to decrypt the second partition of the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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presenting to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory; restricting the computing device from accessing a secured second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device; and in response to receiving a valid identity authentication, unrestricting access to the second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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2. The method of clam 1, further comprising, in response to receiving a logon request from the computing device, initiating an identity authentication process, wherein the process is stored on the first partition.
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13. A system, comprising:
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a first unit to present to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory; a second unit to restrict the computing device from accessing a secured second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device; and a third unit to unrestrict the second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage and provide the computing device with access to the second partition, in response to receiving a valid identity authentication. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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- 14. The system of clam 13, further comprising, a fourth unit to initiate an identity authentication process stored on the first partition, in response to receiving a logon request from the computing device.
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17. A system, comprising:
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a means for presenting to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory; a means for restricting the computing device from accessing a secured second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device; and a means for unrestricting the second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage and providing the computing device with access to the second partition, in response to receiving a valid identity authentication.
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18. A machine readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which when executed, perform a method comprising:
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presenting to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory; restricting the computing device from accessing a secured second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device; and in response to receiving a valid identity authentication, unrestricting access to the second partition of the external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device.
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19. The machine readable medium of clam 18, further comprising, in response to receiving a logon request from the computing device, initiating an identity authentication process, wherein the process is stored on the first partition.
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20. The machine readable medium of clam 19, further comprising a process stored on a disk controller receiving an encryption key from the process stored on the first partition of the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, and the process stored on the disk controller using the encryption key to decrypt the second partition of the Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device.
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