Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cryptographic separation of users
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Application No.: US15275273Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US10423804B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Wade Benson , Conrad Sauerwald , Mitchell D. Adler , Michael Brouwer , Timothee Geoghegan , Andrew R. Whalley , David P. Finkelstein , Yannick L. Sierra
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F21/72
- IPC: G06F21/72 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/14 ; G06F21/32

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed relating to securely storing data in a computing device. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a secure circuit configured to maintain key bags for a plurality of users, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of users and including a first set of keys usable to decrypt a second set of encrypted keys for decrypting data associated with the respective user. The secure circuit is configured to receive an indication that an encrypted file of a first of the plurality of users is to be accessed and use a key in a key bag associated with the first user to decrypt an encrypted key of the second set of encrypted keys. The secure circuit is further configured to convey the decrypted key to a memory controller configured to decrypt the encrypted file upon retrieval from a memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170357830A1 CRYPTOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF USERS Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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