DISTRIBUTED DEVICE MANAGEMENT AND DIRECTORY RESOLUTION

摘要

Systems and methods for file synchronization using P2P technology are provided. In some embodiments, a method of operating a device associated with a user for enabling the sharing of a folder includes creating a Certificate Authority (CA) for the folder. The method also includes granting access to the folder to the user by creating a certificate for the user, signing the certificate for the user with a key of the CA for the folder, creating an Access Control List (ACL) for the user, and signing the ACL for the user with the key of the CA for the folder. The method also includes sharing the folder with a second device. According to some embodiments, this enables the sharing of the folder with no artificial storage limits, increased synchronization speeds, and no need to store the folder on a third-party server.

主权项

1. A computer program product for operating a device associated with a user for enabling the sharing of a folder on the device where the folder contains one or more file system objects and includes a folder identification value, the computer program product having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer program instructions for:
creating a Certificate Authority (CA) for the folder; granting access to the folder to the user by:
creating a certificate for the user including one or more keys for secure communication between peers, where the peers include any device of any user that has been granted access to the folder;signing the certificate for the user with a key of the CA for the folder;creating an Access Control List (ACL) for the user; andsigning the ACL for the user with the key of the CA for the folder; and sharing the folder with a second device.