Patent ID: 7908473

Claim:
A method for transferring encrypted electronic data from a host server, via a main address of a storage facility, to a final sub-address of a storage device, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a header portion and a data area for the electronic data being transferred, wherein the header portion includes the main address of the storage facility; dividing the data area into a first part and a second part, wherein the sub-address of the storage device is in the first part; encrypting the second part of the data area; transferring the electronic data, via the main address, to the sub-address of the storage device; wherein the header portion and data area are established in accordance with a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP); wherein the data area includes an “x+1” number of data packets, sequentially numbered from “0” through “x”, and wherein the first part of the data area is in the “0” data packet; and wherein the first part of the data area is structured in accordance with ISCSI protocol and comprises the first 48 bytes of the “0” data packet.