US 07,904,686 B2
Data security for use with a file systemGeneral
US 07,904,686 B2
Data security for use with a file system
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Hiep T Nguyen
Art Unit:
2187 Computer Architecture and I/O
Inventors:
Ranganath G. Iyengar
Assignee:
Priority:
05/13/08
Filed:
05/13/08
Granted:
03/08/11
Expiration:
04/24/29
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus and method for providing data security for use with a file system. The apparatus and method performs acts including: applying a mapping function to data block numbers that are associated with a file; and obtaining mapped data block numbers after applying the mapping function, wherein the mapped data block numbers are addresses of data of the file in a storage device.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F21/6218G06F