Secure management of keys using control vectors with multi-path checking
CA 2007409 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Prymak, Rostislaw; Wilkins, John D.; Johnson, Donald B.
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An apparatus and method are disclosed for validating that a cryptographic function requested to be performed with a cryptographic key has been authorized by the originator of the key. The invention is used in a data processing system which processes cryptographic service requests for the performance of cryptographic functions with cryptographic keys which are associated with control vectors defining the functions which each key is allowed by its originator to perform. The invention includes a cryptographic facility characterized by a secure boundary through which passes an I/O path for receiving a cryptographic key and its associated control vector and, for providing a response thereto, …
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- Filed January 9, 1990 and granted October 6, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 9, 2010.
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