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Anonymous peer-to-peer communication

  • US 20070113274A1
  • Filed: 11/14/2006
  • Published: 05/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transmitting packets, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a) receiving a packet transmitted between a requesting host and a responding host in a network, wherein the transmitting includes transmitting via a sequence of intermediate hosts between the requesting and responding hosts, whereby intermediate hosts have respective immediately preceding and succeeding hosts in the sequence, wherein a header of the packet contains encrypted addresses for the respective hosts in the sequence, the address for each host being encrypted by a public key of an immediately preceding host in the sequence;

    b) decrypting, by the host receiving the packet in step a), the address in the packet header for a succeeding host in the sequence, wherein the decrypting uses a private key of the receiving host, and c) forwarding the received packet to the succeeding host in the sequence at the decrypted address.

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