Encryption with selective disclosure of protocol identifiers

Details Encryption with selective disclosure of protocol identifiers Encryption with selective disclosure of protocol identifiers

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H04K 1/00 (2006.01) H04L 9/00 (2006.01) H04L 29/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2045931

ENCRYPTION WITH SELECTIVE DISCLOSURE OF PROTOCOL IDENTIFIERS A method for selective disclosure of the identity of a communication protocol under which an information packet originated, but without incorrectly identifying the protocol in a header accompanying the packet. If there is a need to conceal the identity of the underlying source protocol, a special anonymous protocol identifier is used, instead of the real proto- col identifier, in the header of an encrypted informa- tion packet. Network monitors can then still provide accurate information concerning traffic on the network, without having this information distorted by the use of incorrect communication protocols. If there is a desire to reveal the underlying protocol, a subnetwork proto- col frame format is used to store the protocol identity and signify whether the packet is encrypted. A packet that is of a non-subnetwork protocol can be encapsu- lated with a subnetwork header containing a special code signifying that there is an encapsulated packet and containing the original protocol identifier.

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