System for and methods of controlling user access and/or visibility to directories and files of a computer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8688734
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13367239

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A system includes a file access manager driver and a kernel file system driver stack in a kernel-mode address space of an operating system (OS). The system also includes session processes, a public file whitelist; a public file whitelist manager; a user/group file whitelist, which is a private whitelist; and a user/group file whitelist manager in a user-mode address space of the OS. A method includes receiving a request for access and/or visibility to a directory and/or file and then determining whether the request is allowed to execute based on whether the file access manager driver identifies that the directory and/or file is allowed in either public or private whitelists.

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  • HOPTO INC.

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Tidd, William Alton Bay, US 18 204

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