Patent ID: 8176249
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for embedding a session secret, within an application instance, comprising the steps of: Generating ephemeral secret bytes by a master application executing on a Smart Storage Device; Associating an embedding script with a slave application, by said master application wherein a mapping table generated by said script is shared between said master application and said slave application but otherwise is not publicly known; Hiding said secret bytes, by embedding them within application bytes of said slave application while said application bytes are being read from said Smart Storage Device, by carrying out the instructions of said embedding script by said master application; Executing said application bytes of slave application on a host computing device and detecting said embedded secret bytes by said slave application through knowledge of said shared mapping table; Calculating an ephemeral session secret, by said slave application, from said embedded secret bytes, when said slave application is executing.