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Encryption error monitoring system and method for packet transmission

  • US 20050102525A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2004
  • Published: 05/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An encryption error monitoring system for checking packets transmitted between a private network and an external network, said system comprising:

  • a detector module (60) configured to be connected to receive said packet for determining whether or not said packet is successfully encrypted in accordance with a specific security protocol, said detector module being configured to read from said packet a sender'"'"'s address and a destination address, and to provide an error signal when said packet is judged not to be successfully encrypted, a manager module (80) which is configured to be connected to said detector module within said private network, and to create, upon receipt of said error signal, a report including said sender'"'"'s address and said destination address with regard to the packet determined not to be successfully encrypted, said detector module including a judge means (66) configured to read a header (31) included in said packet and checks whether or not said header includes a protocol code that matches with a particular code identifying said specific security protocol, said judge means providing said error signal when said header does not include the protocol code that matches with said particular code.

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