Patent ID: 9135417
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A secure key generating apparatus comprising: an ID calculating circuit configured to receive a first primitive ID from a first storage device via a storage interface and to calculate a first media ID, from the first primitive ID, wherein the first media ID is a digital identifier of the first storage device; an authentication information providing circuit configured to provide to a secure key generating circuit user authentication information for authenticating a user, the user authentication information being received via an input unit; and the secure key generating circuit configured to generate a corresponding Secure Key using both the first media ID and the user authentication information, wherein the first primitive ID comprises a first encrypted memory ID obtained by encrypting a first memory ID which is an identifier of a first memory element included in the first storage device and by encrypting a first controller ID which is an identifier of a first controller included in the first storage device, and wherein the ID calculating circuit decrypts the first encrypted memory ID into the first memory ID, calculates a first memory derived ID from the first memory ID, and calculates the first media ID using both the first controller ID and the first memory derived ID.