Patent ID: 9165153
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting a secrets file, comprising: initiating configuration of a group; obtaining a group agreed connect name corresponding to the group; obtaining a username and password of a user of a member of the group; generating a first message digest using the group agreed connect name, the username, the password, and an n-bit generator; extracting a secrets file name and a secrets file encryption key from the first message digest; obtaining a group agreed seed for a secrets file; generating a second message digest using the group agreed seed and the n-bit generator; extracting a first secret from the second message digest; encrypting, using the secrets file encryption key, the secrets file in a security directory, wherein the secrets file is associated with the secrets file name, and wherein the secrets file comprises the first secret; generating a third message digest using the first secret; extracting a first decoy file name and first decoy file contents from the third message digest; creating a first decoy file using the first decoy file name and the first decoy file contents; and storing the first decoy file in the security directory, wherein the security directory comprises a plurality of decoy files comprising the first decoy file, and wherein each of the plurality of decoy files comprises decoy file contents, wherein each of the plurality of decoy files are a same size as the secrets file.