Patent ID: 9418022
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A storage system comprising: a host device; a secure storing medium including: a memory provided with a protected first storing region which stores secret information sent from the host device, and a second storing region which stores encoded contents; and a controller configured to carry out authentication processing for accessing the first storing region, wherein the host device and the secure storing medium produce a key data which is shared only by the host device and the secure storing medium by authentication processing, and the key data is used for encoding processing when information of the first storing region is sent and received between the host device and the secure storing medium, the host device sends a request to the secure storing medium including nonce information, the secure storing medium produces a message authentication code using the key data and the nonce information in reply to the sending the request, and the host device verifies validity of the message authentication code based on the key data.