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File access destination control device and method

US8489634B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 17, 2008
Grant dateJul 16, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2105
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a file access destination control device capable of storing only a file requiring confidentiality in a server and storing a file not requiring confidentiality in a client. A file access destination control device includes: means for setting an access destination with respect to a file accessed by a program whose name is listed in a white list to the client-side storage device; means for setting the access destination with respect to a file accessed by a program whose name is listed in a redirect list to the server-side storage device; means for prohibiting a program whose name is listed neither in the white list nor redirect list from performing writing operation to a file; and means for setting the readout destination with respect to a file accessed by a program whose name is listed neither in the white list nor redirect list to the client-side storage device.

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