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Apparatus method and computer readable storage medium with recorded program for managing files with alteration preventing/detecting functions

US6345360B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1998
Grant dateFeb 5, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/64
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

By storing an authenticator created from a data file in a secure area usually unaccessible, the alteration of the data file can be detected. Furthermore, by designating the data file as a main-file and creating authenticators from various kinds of sub-files related to the main-file, the size of the secure area where the authenticators are stored, can be reduced.

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