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Transferring application secrets in a trusted operating system environment

  • US 7,577,839 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2005
  • Issued: 08/18/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. One or more computer readable storage media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions for backing up data on a computing device, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the computing device, causes the one or more processors to:

  • check, for an application secret to be backed up, a type of the application secret;

    when the application secret type is user-migrateable, then encrypt a first encryption key previously used to encrypt the application secret, wherein encrypting the first encryption key is based at least in part on a user passphrase, and allow the encrypted application secret and the encrypted first encryption key to be transferred to a backup medium; and

    when the application secret type is third-party-migrateable, then encrypt a second encryption key previously used to encrypt the application secret, wherein the second encryption key is encrypted based at least in part on a third party key and allow the encrypted application secret and the encrypted second encryption key to be transferred to the backup medium.

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