Method, system, network and computer program product for securing administrative transactions over a network
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Abstract
Communication between an administrator device and an administered device in a network is arranged in the form of a chain of digitally signed communication items including messages sent from an originator device to a recipient device. Each message has an associated respective digitally signed receipt, and the originator device is configured not to send a new item toward the recipient device in the absence of a respective digitally signed receipt for a previously sent item. With at least one, and preferably by both of the administrator device and the administered device, there is stored a history record of communication items exchanged therebetween. The history record is agreed upon and signed by both the administrator device and the administered device.
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56 Claims
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1-28. -28. (canceled)
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29. A method of arranging communication between an administrator device and an administered device in a network, comprising the steps of:
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arranging said communication in the form of a chain of digitally signed communication items including messages sent from an originator device to a recipient device, each said message having associated a respective digitally signed receipt; and
configuring said originator device not to send a new item toward said recipient device in the absence of a respective digitally signed receipt for a previously sent item. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 56)
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- 42. A system of an administrator device and an administered device in a network, said administrator device and administered device being configured for communication in the form of a chain of digitally signed communication items including messages sent from an originator device to a recipient device, each said message having associated a respective digitally signed receipt, and wherein said originator device is configured not to send a new item toward said recipient device in the absence of a respective digitally signed receipt for a previously sent item.
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