Patent ID: 11921873
Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a data intake and query system, a query that identifies a set of data and a manner of processing the set of data;
identifying a bucket containing data that satisfies a portion of the query, wherein a bucket is a data storage structure for storing files on a digital storage medium;
identifying a particular file of the bucket for use in executing the query; generating a first content identifier for the particular file based on content of the particular file; and
authenticating the particular file for the query based on a comparison of the first content identifier with a second content identifier for the particular file, wherein authenticating the particular file comprises:
communicating a file identifier of the particular file to a distributed ledger system, wherein the distributed ledger system uses the file identifier of the particular file to identify a block of a blockchain of the distributed ledger system that stores the second content identifier, and
receiving the second content identifier from the distributed ledger system.