Patent ID: 9357009
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprises: receiving, by a dispersed storage (DS) processing unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) of a DSN system, an access request for a user device, wherein the DSN system includes a plurality of DSNs, a system management unit, and a system authority unit and wherein the DSN includes the DS processing unit, a DS managing unit, and a plurality of storage units; determining, by the DS processing unit, whether the user device has the DSN as a local DSN; when the user device does have the DSN as the local DSN: determining, by the DS processing unit, whether the user device has a valid signed local certificate; and when the user device does have the valid signed local certificate, executing, by the DS processing unit, the access request for the user device; when the user device does not have the DSN as the local DSN: determining, by the DS processing unit, whether the user device has a valid signed global certificate; when the user device does not have a valid signed global certificate: sending, by the DS processing unit or by the user device, a DSN registration request to the system authority unit; generating, by the system authority unit, the valid signed global certificate for the user device upon successful execution of processing the DSN registration request; and executing, by the DS processing unit, the access request for the user device upon receipt of the valid signed global certificate.