Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhanced data encryption in distributed datastores using random tweaks stored in data blocks
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Application No.: US16827692Application Date: 2020-03-23
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Publication No.: US11573711B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Wenguang Wang , Eric Knauft , Vamsi Gunturu , Pascal Renauld
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
A method for encrypting data in one or more data blocks is provided. The method receives a first data block to be written to a physical storage that includes one or more physical disks. The method applies a first random tweak to data indicative of the first data block to generate a first encrypted data block, and writes the first encrypted data block and the first random tweak to a first physical block of the physical storage. The method receives a second data block to be written to the physical storage. The method then applies a second random tweak, different than the first random tweak, to data indicative of the second data block to generate a second encrypted data block, and writes the second encrypted data block and the second random tweak to a second physical block of the physical storage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210294502A1 ENHANCED DATA ENCRYPTION IN DISTRIBUTED DATASTORES USING RANDOM TWEAKS STORED IN DATA BLOCKS Public/Granted day:2021-09-23
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