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STORAGE DEVICE ASSISTED INLINE ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION

  • US 20140310536A1
  • Filed: 04/03/2014
  • Published: 10/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2013
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A method operational at a host storage controller to encrypt data during a write operation to a storage device external to the host storage controller, comprising:

  • obtaining a write command from a requesting host software component to write data to the storage device;

    sending the write command to the storage device;

    obtaining a parameter associated with the data from the storage device;

    generating an encryption key based on the parameter; and

    encrypting the data using the encryption key.

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