Storage Device Authentication

1. A method for authenticating a storage device, comprising: receiving, from a sender, a manifest, the manifest identifying a destination; validating a format of the manifest; transmitting, to the sender, a device identifier that identifies the storage device; receiving the storage device as a package physically transported from the sender, wherein the storage device is a portable physical device configured to store data, and the storage device has a digital signature stored thereon; reading from the storage device, via a transfer station, the digital signature stored on the storage device; validating the digital signature; retrieving the manifest based on the device identifier; and authorizing, based on the validation of the digital signature, a transfer of one or more files from the storage device, via the transfer station, to the destination identified in the manifest.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the manifest comprises a text file.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination comprises a storage location of an account of the sender.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transfer station comprises a computer that includes the storage location.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transfer station comprises a computer that does not include the storage location.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination comprises a storage location of a storage server that is external to the transfer station.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination is a storage location available over a network.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the manifest further comprises instructions specifying a directory of the storage location for transferring the one or more files.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: transferring, when the digital signature is valid, the one or more files from the storage device via the transfer station to the destination.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storage device further has the device identifier stored thereon.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising: reading the device identifier from the storage device.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the storage device further has an identifier of the sender stored thereon.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the device identifier and the digital signature are stored on the storage device as a signature file.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein validating the digital signature comprises sending the digital signature to an external service.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the external service uses a secret key of the sender.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the external service uses a secret key of a recipient of the storage device.