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US 7,925,026 B2Granted
Systems and methods for providing autonomous security
AssigneeAlex Alten
InventorAlex I. Alten
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing autonomous security are configured to modify an original header associated with an original data packet wherein key information is added; encrypt original data associated with the original data packet in response to the key information; and form an encrypted data packet including the modified header and the encrypted data, wherein the encrypted data packet is a same size as the original data packet.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- generating a large number of random keys for each encrypted Internet Protocol (“IP”) packet, wherein generating a large number of random keys further includes providing an encryption key identifier for a packet;
- transmitting the large number of random keys to a sender computer and a receiver computer, wherein a transmission overhead from a Key Distribution Center (“KDC”) is reduced;
- replacing packet assembly information in a first field of the IP packet with a first encryption value;
- encrypting original data associated with a packet payload in response to the first encryption value;
- identifying a second field of the packet header for carrying packet assembly information;
- and
- replacing the packet assembly information in the second field with a second encryption value.
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A data encryption apparatus comprising:
- means for generating a large number of random keys for each encrypted Internet Protocol (“IP”) packet, wherein means for generating a large number of random keys further includes means for providing an encryption key identifier for a packet;
- means for transmitting the large number of random keys to a sender computer and a receiver computer, wherein a transmission overhead from a Key Distribution Center (“KDC”) is reduced;
- means for replacing packet assembly information in a first field of the IP packet with a first encryption value;
- means for encrypting original data associated with a packet payload in response to the first encryption value;
- means for identifying a second field of the packet header for carrying packet assembly information;
- and
- means for replacing the packet assembly information in the second field with a second encryption value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.