DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REUSING SYMMETRIC KEYS FOR ENCRYPTED MESSAGE TRANSMISSIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220103359A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US16950852

    申请日:2020-11-17

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Distributed storage system and method for transmitting storage-related messages between host computers in a distributed storage system uses a handshake operation of a first-type communication connection between a source data transport daemon of a source host computer and a target data transport daemon of a target host computer to derive a symmetric key at each of the source and target data transport daemons. The two symmetric keys are sent to a source data transport manager of the source host computer and to a target data transport manager of the target host computer. The source and target data transport managers then use the same symmetric keys to encrypt and decrypt storage-related messages that are transmitted from the source data transport manager to the target data transport manager through multiple second-type communication connections between the source and target data transport managers.

    Distributed storage system and method of reusing symmetric keys for encrypted message transmissions

    公开(公告)号:US11792003B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US16950852

    申请日:2020-11-17

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L9/14 G06F9/545 H04L9/32 H04L2101/622

    Abstract: Distributed storage system and method for transmitting storage-related messages between host computers in a distributed storage system uses a handshake operation of a first-type communication connection between a source data transport daemon of a source host computer and a target data transport daemon of a target host computer to derive a symmetric key at each of the source and target data transport daemons. The two symmetric keys are sent to a source data transport manager of the source host computer and to a target data transport manager of the target host computer. The source and target data transport managers then use the same symmetric keys to encrypt and decrypt storage-related messages that are transmitted from the source data transport manager to the target data transport manager through multiple second-type communication connections between the source and target data transport managers.

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