Method and apparatus of securely processing data for file backup, de-duplication, and restoration

摘要

Disclosed are an apparatus and method of restoring at least one data file. The method may include retrieving the at least one data file to be restored from a data storage location, determining that the at least one data file is a link file, and regenerating a previously exchanged shared secret. The method may also include decrypting a key from the link file using the shared secret, and retrieving data from a data repository location to be restored.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
retrieving at least one data file to be restored from a data storage location; determining that the at least one data file is a link file storing metadata comprising a uniform resource identifier (URI) of a repository source file, and which also includes a key encrypted with an agent and server shared secret that was previously exchanged; decrypting the key from the link file using the shared secret; and retrieving data from a data repository location to be restored using the decrypted key.