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Method and apparatus to generate zero content over garbage data when encryption parameters are changed

US11416417B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 18, 2020
Grant dateAug 16, 2022
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/34
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided that includes reading data in a storage medium, detecting, during the reading of the data in the storage medium, by a controller a change in an encryption/decryption scheme used to read and write the data in the storage medium, in response to detecting the change in encryption/decryption scheme in the data, causing, by the controller, a logical block address to return an indication of being written in zeros when a physical block address associated with the logical block address encrypted using an first encryption/decryption scheme, and causing, by the controller, a write channel to write zeroes using a second encryption/decryption scheme to the physical block address.

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