Versatile secure and non-secure messaging
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1. A messaging system associated with a first device and comprising:
- a plurality of credentials; and
a plurality of authorities, each authority associating at least one of a plurality of protocol operations with at least one of the plurality of credentials, wherein the messaging system is adapted to receive an initiating message from a second device, which identifies at least one of the authorities, and responsively implements a security protocol for further messages between the first and second devices in accordance with the identified authority.
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Abstract
A messaging system and method are associated with a first device. The messaging system includes a plurality of credentials and a plurality of authorities. Each authority associates at least one of a plurality of protocol operations with at least one of the plurality of credentials. The messaging system is adapted to receive an initiating message from a second device, which identifies at least one of the authorities, and responsively implements a security protocol for further messages between the first and second devices in accordance with the identified authority.
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1. A messaging system associated with a first device and comprising:
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a plurality of credentials; and
a plurality of authorities, each authority associating at least one of a plurality of protocol operations with at least one of the plurality of credentials, wherein the messaging system is adapted to receive an initiating message from a second device, which identifies at least one of the authorities, and responsively implements a security protocol for further messages between the first and second devices in accordance with the identified authority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A messaging system comprising:
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a peripheral comprising a first table of authorities, each authority in the first table associating at least one of a plurality of authentication operations with at least one of a plurality of credentials;
a host comprising a second table of authorities, each authority in the second table associating at least one of the plurality of authentication operations with at least part of the credential associated with that authority in the first table; and
a communication channel between the peripheral and the host, wherein messages passed through the communication channel invoke at least one corresponding authority in each table. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of initiating a messaging session, comprising:
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maintaining a plurality of authorities known to a peripheral, wherein each authority associates at least one of a plurality of authentication operations with at least one of a plurality of credentials;
passing a start session message from a host to the peripheral, which identifies at least one of the authorities known to the peripheral;
retrieving the identified authority from the plurality of authorities known to the peripheral; and
implementing a security protocol on further messages between the host and the peripheral in accordance with the identified authority. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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