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AssigneeOrange
InventorsVincent Messié, Gaël Fromentoux, Nathalie Omnes
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A method for preparing usage data for a relay implemented in a computer network is disclosed. In one aspect, the network comprises at least one source device, one destination device, and at least one relay constituting a circuit to set up a communication between the source device and the destination device. The source device first of all retrieves the identifiers of the relays constituting the circuit and sends a proof of use (PoU) frame addressed to the destination device, each relay of the circuit adding to the PoU frame, at the time of passage, a signature made from a challenge and a key proper to the relay. The source device retrieves at least the signatures of each relay, and verifies the signatures received by using the public keys of the relays, the authentication of the signatures triggering the following steps: preparing, from the data received, an ordered list of identifiers of the relays used to set up the communication, sending transaction frames addressed to each relay identified in the list to generate proofs of use comprising at least the signatures contained in the PoU frame, the transaction frames being designed to trigger the sending by each relay of a proof of use recorded in a shared memory.
A method of preparing usage data for a relay implemented in a computer network comprising at least one source device, one destination device, at least one shared memory and at least one relay constituting a circuit to set up a communication between the source device and the destination device, the method being implemented in the source device and comprising:
A method of recording usage data for a relay implemented in a computer network comprising at least one source device, one destination device, at least one shared memory and at least one relay constituting a circuit to set up a communication between the source device and the destination device, the method being implemented in each of the at least one relay and comprising:
A method of preparing usage data for a relay implemented in a computer network comprising at least one source device, one destination device, at least one shared memory and at least one relay constituting a circuit to set up a communication between the source device and the destination device, implemented in the destination device and comprising;
A source device intended to enter into communication with a destination device through a circuit comprising at least one relay and belonging to a computer network comprising at least one shared memory, the source device comprising one processor configured to implement a communications capability retrieving identifiers of the relays comprised in the circuit and sending a request for generating a proof of use, called a PoU frame, addressed to the destination device, the PoU frame being intended to retrieve, on passage through each of the at least one relay, a signature made from a challenge and a key proper to each of the relays, the PoU frame comprising a value of the challenge used by each of the at least one relay to compute the signatures, a verifying capability configured to authenticate the signatures retrieved in using the public keys of each of the at least one relay of the circuit, the authentication of the signatures by the verifying capability triggering a sending, by the communications capability, of transaction frames addressed to each of the at least one relay identified in the circuit, the transaction frames comprising at least the signatures contained in the PoU frame and triggering, during reception of the transaction frames by each of the at least one relay, a sending of a request for recording a proof of use to a shared memory.
A relay device intended to set up a communication between a source device and a destination device through a circuit comprising at least one relay comprising the relay device and belonging to a computer network comprising at least one shared memory, the relay device comprising a processor configured to implement a communications capability receiving, from the source device or from a preceding relay within the circuit, a request for generating a proof of use, called a PoU frame, and a computing resource configured to compute a signature from a challenge and from a key proper to the relay device, the communications capability sending, to the destination device, or from a next relay within the circuit in the direction of the destination device, the PoU frame in adding thereto at least the computed signature and a value of the challenge used by each of the at least one relay to compute the signatures, the communications capability subsequently receiving, from the source device or from the destination device, at least one transaction frame comprising at least the signatures of the at least one relay contained in the PoU frame, the communications capability sending, subsequently to the reception of the at least one transaction, a request for recording, in a shared memory, a proof of use of the relay device comprising at least the signatures of each of the at least one relay of the circuit.
A destination device intended to receive a communication from a source device through a circuit comprising at least one relay and belonging to a computer network comprising at least one shared memory, the destination device comprising a processor configured to implement a communications capability receiving a request for generating a proof of use, called a PoU frame, coming from the source device and containing at least one signature made from a challenge and a key proper to each of the at least one relay of the circuit, the PoU frame comprising a value of the challenge used by each of the at least one relay to compute the signatures, a verifying capability configured to authenticate signatures of the PoU frame in using the public keys of the at least one relay of the circuit, the authentication of the signatures by the verifying capability triggering a sending by the communications capability of transaction frames addressed to each of the at least one relay identified in the circuit to generate proofs of use of each of the at least one relay, the transaction frames comprising at least the signatures contained in the PoU frame being designed to trigger the sending by each of the at least one relay of a proof of use recorded in a shared memory.
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