Method and apparatus for a broker entity
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1. An apparatus for providing an end-to end, open, and secure commerce transactional environment, comprising:
- an external module API;
a secure execution engine;
a protocol handler;
a message cache and routing table component;
an XML and regular expression parser; and
an XML message API.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a broker entity is provided. A high-speed embedded firewall, a message-processing router, secure session protocol, transport management, and integrated intrusion detection is provided in a single-chip format.
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63 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing an end-to end, open, and secure commerce transactional environment, comprising:
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an external module API;
a secure execution engine;
a protocol handler;
a message cache and routing table component;
an XML and regular expression parser; and
an XML message API. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for providing an end-to end, open, and secure commerce transactional environment, comprising the steps of:
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providing an external module API;
providing a secure execution engine;
providing a protocol handler;
providing a message cache and routing table component;
providing an XML and regular expression parser; and
providing an XML message API. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A high-speed hardware device for end-to-end, open, and secure financial transactions, comprising:
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a firewall;
a virtual private network (VPN);
a transport manager;
an intrusion detection feature;
a secure logger;
a message processor;
a message forwarder;
a directory service; and
a cryptographic processor.
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62. An apparatus for end-to-end, open, and secure financial transactions, comprising:
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a self-repairing transactional mesh with integrated failover when security relevant events or service interruption are detected at any node;
integrated hardware-based cryptographic operations for any transaction;
hardware-based state machine technology, capable of loading C/C++ as well as Java-based objects for onboard execution;
means for storing, routing, and executing application objects and network connections in a multi-level secure memory space;
a hardware-based XML parser, for parsing and performing operations on XML objects within said secure memory space; and
means for performing security filtering and logging on encrypted network streams as said streams enter said secure memory space.
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63. A method for providing a multi-gigabit high-speed backplane, comprising the steps of:
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providing multiple embedded XML parsers broker entity boards;
placing some or all of said boards in rack-mountable systems; and
interconnecting some or all of said rack-mountable systems.
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