Patent ID: 7747661

Claim:
A method of providing a virtual binding for a WORM storage system on a rewritable media, comprising: storing within each of a WORM logic controller and a WORM storage module of a security-enhanced storage enclosure, a stored public key and a stored private key; registering the WORM logic controller on the WORM storage module by detecting the presence of the security enhanced storage enclosure; authenticating the WORM logic controller by the WORM storage module wherein authenticating includes decoding an encrypted challenge using the public key at the WORM logic controller issued by a controller authenticator in the WORM storage module; authenticating the WORM storage module by the WORM logic controller wherein a storage authenticator in the WORM logic controller retrieves the stored public key from the WORM storage module and verifies the public key from the WORM storage module matches the public key from the WORM logic controller; and executing a command on the rewriteable media stored within the security enhanced enclosure.