Optical machine locking method and system

Abstract

A method for assuring the authorized nature of encrypted transmissions between a plurality of communicators using a plurality of stand-alone communication processing devices, said method comprising the steps of: a) determining unique characteristics of at least one of said stand-alone communication processing devices involved in said encrypted transmissions between said plurality of communicators; b) comparing said unique characteristics of said at least one of said stand-alone communication processing devices with a roster of unique characteristics associated with authorized stand-alone communication processing devices of authorized communicators; and c) responding to an encrypted message from said at least one of said plurality of communicators only if the stand-alone communication processing device by which such communicator is transmitting an encrypted transmission matches the unique characteristics associated with one or more authorized stand-alone communication processing devices associated with said communicator.

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