Patent ID: 9154296
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of accessing remote storage of a tenant organization at a central entity that provides remote storage for a plurality of tenant organizations, the method comprising: receiving, by a client device, a lease from a tenant server of the tenant organization, sending a storage request from the client device to the central entity for access to the remote storage of the tenant organization, the storage request including (a) a body portion including the core portion and an object identifier, which identifies an object stored in the remote storage, and (b) a second signature that cryptographically combines the body portion and the first signature; and receiving, by the client device, a storage response from the central entity, the storage response including the object stored in the remote storage when (I) a computation performed at the direction of the central entity of a test value based on the secret code, the core portion, and the body portion matches the second signature sent in the storage request and (II) the storage request complies with the lease terms.