Patent ID: 9076138
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for execution by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module of a computing device to secure a slice name, the method comprises: receiving, by an interface of the computing device, a data segment for dispersed storage; encoding, by the DS processing module of the computing device, the data segment in accordance with an error coding dispersed storage function to produce a plurality of error coded data slices; generating, by the DS processing module of the computing device, a slice name for an error coded data slice of the plurality of error coded data slices, wherein the slice name includes a dispersed storage routing information section and a data identification section; performing, by the DS processing module of the computing device, a securing function on at least the data identification section to produce a secure data identification section; and replacing, by the DS processing module of the computing device, within the slice name, the data identification section with the secure data identification section to produce a secure slice name.