CA2197502A1 - Multiple user secure hard drive interface - Google Patents
Multiple user secure hard drive interfaceInfo
- Publication number
- CA2197502A1 CA2197502A1 CA002197502A CA2197502A CA2197502A1 CA 2197502 A1 CA2197502 A1 CA 2197502A1 CA 002197502 A CA002197502 A CA 002197502A CA 2197502 A CA2197502 A CA 2197502A CA 2197502 A1 CA2197502 A1 CA 2197502A1
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- hard drive
- selector switch
- access
- personal computer
- switch
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
- G06F12/14—Protection against unauthorised use of memory or access to memory
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
- G06F21/70—Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer
- G06F21/78—Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure storage of data
- G06F21/80—Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer to assure secure storage of data in storage media based on magnetic or optical technology, e.g. disks with sectors
Abstract
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Description
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MULTIPLE USER SECURE TIARD DRIVE INTERFACE.
Inventor: Skobla; Joseph, Oakville, Ontario, Canada D~ )tion: A multiple user secure interface (MUI) is provided for the connection of two or more hard drives to a personal computer. MUI allows to ensure a secured data for multiple users of the personal computer. The MUI comprises a selector switch with lock debounce reset circuit, tristate buffers, and hard drive inte.rf~ce. Tristate buffers and hard drives interfaces are connected to the computer system bus. The selector switch is mounted on the computer enclosure and allows selection of the hard drive by the user.
The user A will switch selector to the position A which will enable the hard drive A, personal computer will boot to A drive, only data and prograrns stored on A drive now is available to the user A. The hard drive B is now disable. If the switch is in position B
the personal computer will boot to the hard drive B and only data and programs stored on the hard drive B is available to the user B. The hard drive A is now disable. The electromechanical switch - lock is set up to operate either with two different keys or with one key. First option will allow to have equal access to the personal computer for user A
to the hard drive A and user B to the hard drive B. Second option allow to one user (master) to have secure access to the hard drive A and to the hard drive B. Master user can switch and lock the selector to the position B which allow to user B access only B
hard drive.
MULTIPLE USER SECURE TIARD DRIVE INTERFACE.
Inventor: Skobla; Joseph, Oakville, Ontario, Canada D~ )tion: A multiple user secure interface (MUI) is provided for the connection of two or more hard drives to a personal computer. MUI allows to ensure a secured data for multiple users of the personal computer. The MUI comprises a selector switch with lock debounce reset circuit, tristate buffers, and hard drive inte.rf~ce. Tristate buffers and hard drives interfaces are connected to the computer system bus. The selector switch is mounted on the computer enclosure and allows selection of the hard drive by the user.
The user A will switch selector to the position A which will enable the hard drive A, personal computer will boot to A drive, only data and prograrns stored on A drive now is available to the user A. The hard drive B is now disable. If the switch is in position B
the personal computer will boot to the hard drive B and only data and programs stored on the hard drive B is available to the user B. The hard drive A is now disable. The electromechanical switch - lock is set up to operate either with two different keys or with one key. First option will allow to have equal access to the personal computer for user A
to the hard drive A and user B to the hard drive B. Second option allow to one user (master) to have secure access to the hard drive A and to the hard drive B. Master user can switch and lock the selector to the position B which allow to user B access only B
hard drive.
Claims
Claims:
~ A multiple user interface for connecting two or more hard drives to a personalcomputer securing the data and programs for one or more users, comprising:
~ a hard drive electromechanical selector switch (1) with lock for the selection of access to one or more hard drives A (14), B (8), C etc.
~ a selector switch with lock (1) is mounted on surface of the personal computer enclosure allowing access and operation by one or multiple users.
~ a switch A position of said selector switch (1) will enable access for only one hard drive A (14) and disable access to the hard drive B (8) ~ a switch B position of said selector switch (1) will enable access for only hard drive B
(8) and disable access to the hard drive A (14) ~ after power on or changing the position of said selector switch (1) the personal computer is reset (17) and boot either to the hard drive A (14) or to the hard drive B
(8) etc.
~ a debounce and a reset circuit (2) is connected to said selector switch (1) and said reset interface circuit (2) means for resetting the central processor of the personal computer (16) after switching said selector switch (1) from position A or B.
~ an output of said debounce and reset circuit(2) is connected to the enable either input(9) of tristate buffer (10) or to the input (3) of tri state buffer (4) to isolate a hard drive interface (12) and hard drive interface (6) of said hard drive A(14) and said hard drive B(8) from common system bus (15) of the personal computer (16), and isolate means only one hard drive A(14) or the hard drive B(8) is enabled and active according the position A or B of said selector switch (1).
~ A multiple user interface for connecting two or more hard drives to a personalcomputer securing the data and programs for one or more users, comprising:
~ a hard drive electromechanical selector switch (1) with lock for the selection of access to one or more hard drives A (14), B (8), C etc.
~ a selector switch with lock (1) is mounted on surface of the personal computer enclosure allowing access and operation by one or multiple users.
~ a switch A position of said selector switch (1) will enable access for only one hard drive A (14) and disable access to the hard drive B (8) ~ a switch B position of said selector switch (1) will enable access for only hard drive B
(8) and disable access to the hard drive A (14) ~ after power on or changing the position of said selector switch (1) the personal computer is reset (17) and boot either to the hard drive A (14) or to the hard drive B
(8) etc.
~ a debounce and a reset circuit (2) is connected to said selector switch (1) and said reset interface circuit (2) means for resetting the central processor of the personal computer (16) after switching said selector switch (1) from position A or B.
~ an output of said debounce and reset circuit(2) is connected to the enable either input(9) of tristate buffer (10) or to the input (3) of tri state buffer (4) to isolate a hard drive interface (12) and hard drive interface (6) of said hard drive A(14) and said hard drive B(8) from common system bus (15) of the personal computer (16), and isolate means only one hard drive A(14) or the hard drive B(8) is enabled and active according the position A or B of said selector switch (1).
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002197502A CA2197502A1 (en) | 1997-02-13 | 1997-02-13 | Multiple user secure hard drive interface |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002197502A CA2197502A1 (en) | 1997-02-13 | 1997-02-13 | Multiple user secure hard drive interface |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2197502A1 true CA2197502A1 (en) | 1998-08-13 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002197502A Abandoned CA2197502A1 (en) | 1997-02-13 | 1997-02-13 | Multiple user secure hard drive interface |
Country Status (1)
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| CA (1) | CA2197502A1 (en) |
Cited By (11)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO2001002936A1 (en) * | 1999-07-06 | 2001-01-11 | Compugard Inc. | Computer security system with dedicated hard drives |
| US6880110B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2005-04-12 | Self Repairing Computers, Inc. | Self-repairing computer having protected software template and isolated trusted computing environment for automated recovery from virus and hacker attack |
| US7096381B2 (en) | 2001-05-21 | 2006-08-22 | Self Repairing Computer, Inc. | On-the-fly repair of a computer |
| US7100075B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2006-08-29 | Sel Repairing Computers, Inc. | Computer system having data store protected from internet contamination by virus or malicious code and method for protecting |
| US7111201B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2006-09-19 | Self Repairing Computers, Inc. | Self repairing computer detecting need for repair and having switched protected storage |
| US7137034B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2006-11-14 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Self repairing computer having user accessible switch for modifying bootable storage device configuration to initiate repair |
| US7392541B2 (en) | 2001-05-17 | 2008-06-24 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system architecture and method providing operating-system independent virus-, hacker-, and cyber-terror-immune processing environments |
| US7536598B2 (en) | 2001-11-19 | 2009-05-19 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system capable of supporting a plurality of independent computing environments |
| US7788699B2 (en) | 2002-03-06 | 2010-08-31 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer and method for safe usage of documents, email attachments and other content that may contain virus, spy-ware, or malicious code |
| US7849360B2 (en) | 2001-05-21 | 2010-12-07 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system and method of controlling communication port to prevent computer contamination by virus or malicious code |
| US8775369B2 (en) | 2007-01-24 | 2014-07-08 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system architecture and method having isolated file system management for secure and reliable data processing |
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1997
- 1997-02-13 CA CA002197502A patent/CA2197502A1/en not_active Abandoned
Cited By (12)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO2001002936A1 (en) * | 1999-07-06 | 2001-01-11 | Compugard Inc. | Computer security system with dedicated hard drives |
| US6880110B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2005-04-12 | Self Repairing Computers, Inc. | Self-repairing computer having protected software template and isolated trusted computing environment for automated recovery from virus and hacker attack |
| US7100075B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2006-08-29 | Sel Repairing Computers, Inc. | Computer system having data store protected from internet contamination by virus or malicious code and method for protecting |
| US7111201B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2006-09-19 | Self Repairing Computers, Inc. | Self repairing computer detecting need for repair and having switched protected storage |
| US7137034B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2006-11-14 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Self repairing computer having user accessible switch for modifying bootable storage device configuration to initiate repair |
| US7577871B2 (en) | 2000-05-19 | 2009-08-18 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system and method having isolatable storage for enhanced immunity to viral and malicious code infection |
| US7392541B2 (en) | 2001-05-17 | 2008-06-24 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system architecture and method providing operating-system independent virus-, hacker-, and cyber-terror-immune processing environments |
| US7096381B2 (en) | 2001-05-21 | 2006-08-22 | Self Repairing Computer, Inc. | On-the-fly repair of a computer |
| US7849360B2 (en) | 2001-05-21 | 2010-12-07 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system and method of controlling communication port to prevent computer contamination by virus or malicious code |
| US7536598B2 (en) | 2001-11-19 | 2009-05-19 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system capable of supporting a plurality of independent computing environments |
| US7788699B2 (en) | 2002-03-06 | 2010-08-31 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer and method for safe usage of documents, email attachments and other content that may contain virus, spy-ware, or malicious code |
| US8775369B2 (en) | 2007-01-24 | 2014-07-08 | Vir2Us, Inc. | Computer system architecture and method having isolated file system management for secure and reliable data processing |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZDE | Discontinued |