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SECURITY RESPONSE PROTOCOL BASED ON SECURITY ALERT ENCODED DATA SLICES OF A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NETWORK

  • US 20180077159A1
  • Filed: 09/12/2016
  • Published: 03/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for execution by a device of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method comprises:

  • receiving, from a requesting device, an access request that includes at least one security alert encoded data slice of a set of security alert encoded data slices, wherein a security alert message is dispersed storage error encoded into the set of security alert encoded data slices and stored in a set of storage units of the DSN, wherein the set of storage units further stores a plurality of sets of encoded data slices, wherein a data object is dispersed storage error encoded into the plurality of sets of encoded data slices; and

    based on the access request for the at least one security alert encoded data slice;

    identifying the requesting device as an unauthorized DSN device; and

    initiating a security response protocol within the DSN.

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