US Patent 11683156 Securely retrieving encryption keys for a storage system

A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving at an encryption daemon a key request from a storage device; implementing, by the encryption daemon, a secure communications channel between the encryption daemon and an encryption key server; sending the key request from the encryption daemon to the encryption key server, utilizing the secure communications channel; receiving, from the encryption key server at the encryption daemon, an encrypted response, utilizing the secure communications channel; decrypting, by the encryption daemon, the encrypted response to obtain the requested key, and sending the requested key from the encryption daemon to the storage device.