Flexible method of security data backup
CA 2317211 A1 · Owner: Dew Engineering And Development Limited · Inventors: Hamid, Laurence; Hillhouse, Robert D.
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A method of supporting a substantially secure backup copy of a key-server database, said database comprising security information specific to a plurality of users, absent the need for a duplicate key-server is disclosed. According to the method, each, individual's security data is stored within the key-server database and is also stored on a, portable data storage device such as a smart card or a PCMCIA token. If the key-server, crashes and the database stored thereon is lost a duplicate key-server , database is, reconstructed using the aggregate of the partial database files stored on each individual's, portable data storage device. Similarly when a portable data storage device , is …
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- Filed September 1, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 1, 2020.
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