Patent
1996-12-18
1999-05-04
Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.
G06F 1214
Patent
active
059012854
ABSTRACT:
A request to erase a storage area of a computer system is received via an erase call by a caller, the erase call containing an erasure key. The storage area is erased only if the erasure key matches a master erasure key corresponding to the storage area. A request is received to perform a write to the storage area, and the write is allowed only if the storage area has been erased.
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Christeson Orville H.
Labatte Timothy E. W.
Shipman Mark S.
Beausoliel, Jr. Robert W.
Elmore Stephen C.
Intel Corporation
Kinsella N. Stephan
Murray William H.
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