Information recording/reproducing device and information recording medium
View Patent ↗Embodiments protect user data in its entirety from unauthorized access when an authorized user does not access a medium for a predetermined length of time by making encryption key data used to encrypt the user data unavailable. In one embodiment, using a magnetic disk in which a data losing time of an encryption key data recording area is shorter than a user data recording area, recording is performed to the magnetic disk while encrypting user data during recording, and encryption key data for use with encryption is recorded in the encryption data recording area. For reproduction of the user data, the encryption key data is read from the encryption key data recording area, and the user data encrypted during the recording is output while being decrypted using an encryption key generated by the encryption key data, and the encryption key data is overwritten on the encryption key data recording area.
1. An information recording/reproducing device, comprising:
a recording medium provided with a user data recording area and an encryption key data recording area in which a time of not being able to correctly reproduce recorded data in the encryption key data recording area, is shorter than a time of not being able to correctly reproduce recorded data in the user data recording area;
a write element of performing data recording by causing a local physical state change on the recording medium;
a read element of performing data reproduction by reading a local physical state distribution on the recording medium; and
a scanning mechanism for scanning an arbitrary position on the recording medium by the write element or the read element, wherein
at the time of recording of user data, recording is performed to the user data recording area of the recording medium while encrypting the user data, and encryption key data to be used for encryption is recorded in the encryption key data recording area, and
at the time of reproduction of the user data by a user having an authorized access right, the encryption key data is read from the encryption key data recording area, the user data encrypted at the time of recording is output while being decrypted by an encryption key once reproduced from the encryption key data recording area, and the encryption key data is overwritten on the encryption key data recording area.
2. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 1 , wherein an error correction capability of an error correction code with respect to the encryption key data in the encryption key data storage area is lower than an error correction capability of an error correction code with respect to the user data in the user data recording area.
3. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a recording density of the encryption key data recording area is higher matched with that of the user data recording area.
4. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a memory for storing at least two or more authentication data for use as authentication data for verifying the authorized access right, wherein
for verifying the access right, a matching is made between authentication data provided by the user and the authentication data stored in the memory,
for counting a frequency in sequential failure of the matching
every time the frequency in sequential failure of the matching reaches a predetermined value, within a range of the number of the authentication data that can be stored in the memory, the number of the authentication data to be referred to for the matching of the authentication data is increased.
5. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 1 , wherein the recording medium further comprises:
a substrate; and
a recording layer that is formed at least on one surface of the substrate, and performs data recording by retaining a local physical state change, wherein
the recording layer is provided with the user data recording area and the encryption key data recording area.
6. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 5 , wherein the recording layer comprises a magnetic recording layer, and a coercive force of the encryption key data recording area is smaller matched with that of the user data recording area.
7. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 5 , wherein the recording layer comprises a magnetic recording layer, and a magnetic anisotropy of the encryption key data storage area is smaller matched with that of the user data recording area.
8. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 5 , wherein the recording layer comprises a magnetic recording layer, and a volume of a magnetic crystal particle of the encryption key data storage area is smaller matched with that of the user data recording area.
9. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 5 , wherein the encryption key data recording area is provided to an area of the user data recording area, and is subjected to structural relaxation by heating or ion implantation.
10. The information recording/reproducing device according to claim 5 , wherein the encryption key data recording area is provided to an area of the user data recording area, and a surface roughness of an underlayer of the encryption key data recording area is higher than a surface roughness of an underlayer of the user data recording area.
11. An information recording medium, comprising:
a substrate; and
a recording layer that is formed at least on one surface of the substrate, and performs data recording by retaining a local physical state change, wherein
the recording layer is provided with a user data recording area and an encryption key data recording area, and a time of not being able to reproduce recorded data in the encryption key data recording area is shorter than a time of not being able to reproduce recorded data in the user data recording area.
12. The information recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein the recording layer comprises a magnetic recording layer, and a coercive force of the encryption key data recording area is smaller matched with that of the user data recording area.
13. The information recording medium according to claim 1 wherein the recording layer comprises a magnetic recording layer, and a magnetic anisotropy of the encryption key data storage area is smaller matched with that of the user data recording area.
14. The information recording medium according to claim 1 wherein the recording layer is composed of magnetic recording layer, and a volume of a magnetic crystal particle of the encryption key data storage area is smaller matched with that of the user data recording area.
15. The information recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein an error correction capability of an error correction code with respect to the encryption key data in the encryption key data recording area is lower than an error correction capability of an error correction code with respect to the user data in the user data recording area.
16. The information recording medium according to claim 1 wherein a recording density of the encryption key data storage area is higher matched with that of the user data recording area.
17. The information recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein the encryption key data recording area is provided to an area of the user data recording area, and is subjected to structural relaxation by heating.
18. The information recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein the encryption key data recording area is provided to an area of the user data recording area, and is subjected to physical structural relaxation by ion implantation.
19. The information recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein the encryption key data recording area is provided to an area of the user data recording area, and a surface roughness of an underlayer of the encryption key data recording area is higher than a surface roughness of an underlayer of the user data recording area.
20. The information recording medium according to claim 11 , wherein a recording data losing time in the user data recording area of the recording layer is shorter than a recording data losing time in the encryption key data recording area.