Patent ID: 9602496
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method comprises: sending, by a user device, a plurality of data access requests to storage units, wherein the plurality of data access requests is regarding a set of encoded data slices that are distributedly stored among the storage units, wherein a data segment of data is dispersed error encoded in accordance with dispersed storage error encoding parameters to produce the set of encoded data slices, wherein a write threshold number of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices provides successful storage of the data segment within the storage units, and wherein a decode threshold number of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices are required to recover the data segment; sending, by one the storage units, an authentication request to an authenticating module; forwarding, by the one of the storage units, a verification request to the user device; forwarding, by the one of the storage units, a verification response to the authenticating module; and executing, by at least some of the storage units, corresponding ones of the plurality of data access requests when an authentication response of the authenticating module is favorable, wherein the plurality of data access requests corresponds to at least one of the decode threshold number of encoded data slices or the write threshold number of encoded data slices.