Patent ID: 8750516
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of rekeying removable storage media, comprising: communicating, by the storage drive, with an external device external to the storage drive; receiving, by the storage drive, from the external device, a rekey request for selected multiple coupled removable storage media, wherein encryption on the selected multiple coupled removable storage media uses a first key and wherein the rekey request indicates the first key and a second key; accessing, by the storage drive, the first key and the second key indicated in the rekey request in response to the rekey request; using, by the storage drive, the first key indicated in the rekey request to perform decryption for each of the selected multiple coupled removable storage media of the rekey request; and using, by the storage drive, the second key indicated in the rekey request to perform encryption for each of the selected multiple coupled removable storage media, wherein the decryption and the encryption operations are performed as part of processing the rekey request.