Autonomous data hiding and write protection in ITS key

ITS 密钥中的自主数据隐藏和写保护

• 批准号: 411856-2010
• 负责人: Tan, Lin
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=473145
• 关键词: Autonomous; data; hiding; write; protection

Data security and privacy is critically important. An innovative product, a specialized Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive, called ITS Key, can be plugged into a computer to communicate with its central secure server to allow users to encrypt, access and share their files. However, as an ITS Key plugs into a USB slot on the host machine and appears to be a USB storage device, its users often confuse it with a storage device, and tend to store files on it. This confusion can cause privacy concerns, as sensitive files can be accidentally copied onto an ITS Key. A major confusion comes from the fact that files on an ITS Key are displayed on the host machine just like files on a USB storage device. Therefore, this project will propose, design and prototype new techniques to hide such files from users to create the illusion of an empty device, and prevent unwanted writes to an ITS Key.

数据安全和隐私至关重要。一种创新产品，一种称为 ITS Key 的专用通用串行总线 (USB) 闪存驱动器，可以插入计算机以与其中央安全服务器通信，从而允许用户加密、访问和共享其文件。然而，由于ITS Key插入主机上的USB插槽，看起来像是一个USB存储设备，因此用户经常将其与存储设备混淆，并倾向于在其上存储文件。这种混乱可能会导致隐私问题，因为敏感文件可能会被意外复制到 ITS 密钥上。 一个主要的混乱来自这样一个事实：ITS 密钥上的文件在主机上显示就像 USB 存储设备上的文件一样。因此，该项目将提出、设计和原型化新技术，以向用户隐藏此类文件，以创建空设备的假象，并防止对 ITS 密钥进行不必要的写入。