摘要 |
The presently disclosed subject matter includes a system and method for protecting data stored in a physical storage space of a storage system. According to the teachings disclosed herein, a block key is provided together with a read and a write request and is applied on data, which is related to a logical data block, for calculating a data block signature. A read request according to the presently disclosed subject matter includes, in addition to data indicative of a requested data block, a block key for the purpose of verifying the data block signature that was stored upon the last write of the requested data block. A write request according to the presently disclosed subject matter includes, in addition to data indicative of a data block to be written, a block key for generating a respective data block signature.
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