Systems and methods for encrypted gossip communication
OwnerDavid Paul Webbinventor
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Abstract
Methods of securely distributing a message to a group of nodes within a network, wherein the network comprises a plurality of nodes and the group of nodes comprises a subset of the plurality of nodes. The methods comprise: agreeing a common group key between all of the nodes in the group of nodes; encrypting, by a first node amongst the group of nodes, a message with the group key such that only nodes that are members of the group of nodes are able to decrypt and read the message; and distributing the encrypted message through the network using a gossip-based protocol.
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1-19. (canceled)
A method of securely distributing a message to a group of nodes within a network, wherein the network comprises a plurality of nodes, and the group of nodes comprises a subset of the plurality of nodes, the method comprising:
- agreeing a common group key between all of the nodes in the group of nodes;
- encrypting, by a first node amongst the group of nodes, a message with the group key such that only nodes that are members of the group of nodes are able to decrypt and read the message;
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- distributing the encrypted message through the network using a gossip-based protocol.
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