COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20080253566A1
• Filed: 04/10/2008
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hidaka, Isao
• Application Number:
  US12/100,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20080253566A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/255
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0827 involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths network architectures or network communication protocols using different networks H04L63/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0838 Key agreement, i.e. key establishment technique in which a shared key is derived by parties as a function of information contributed by, or associated with, each of these network architectures or network communication protocols for key exchange in a packet data network H04L63/061
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/20 Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a communications system configured to execute data transmission by use of a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, a communications apparatus on a transmitting side dividing transmission data into first transmission data and second transmission data that are transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media, respectively, encrypting said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, transmitting the first and second transmission data, a communications apparatus on a receiving side receiving said first and second transmission data decrypting the encrypted first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, and reconfiguring original transmission data from said first transmission data and said second transmission data.

Claims

1. A communications system configured to execute data transmission by use of a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, the communication system comprising:

a communications apparatus on a transmitting side dividing transmission data into first transmission data and second transmission data that are transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media, respectively, encrypting said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, transmitting the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmitting said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form; and

a communications apparatus on a receiving side receiving said encrypted first transmission data via said first transmission media, receiving said second transmission data via said second transmission media, decrypting the encrypted first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, and reconfiguring original transmission data from said first transmission data and said second transmission data.

2. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein said communications apparatus on the transmitting side generates an encryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data and encrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key, and

the communication apparatus on the receiving side generates a decryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data received via said second transmission media in accordance with a same key generating algorithm as that used b) the communications apparatus on the transmitting side and decrypts said encrypted first transmission data received via said first transmission media by use of said decryption key in accordance with a same encryption processing algorithm as that used by the communications apparatus on the transmitting side.

3. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein said communications apparatus on the transmitting side decrypts said first transmission data by executing an exclusive OR operation with at least a part of said second transmission data, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmits said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form;

and

said communications apparatus on the receiving side decrypts the encrypted first transmission data received via said first transmission media by executing an exclusive OR operation with at least a part of said second transmission data received via said second transmission media.

4. The communications system according to claim 2, wherein said communications apparatus on the transmitting side generates an encryption key on the basis of data long enough configured by adding given data to said second transmission data, encrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmits said second transmission data to said second transmission, media in an unencrypted form, and transmits said given data to said second transmission media, and

said communications apparatus on the receiving side receives said encrypted first transmission data via the first transmission media, receives said second transmission data and said given data via said second transmission media, generates a decryption key on the basis of data configured by adding given data to said second transmission data and decrypts said encrypted first transmission data received via said first transmission media by use the of the generated decryption key.

5. The communications system according to claim 2, wherein the communication apparatus on the transmitting side generates an encryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, generates an initialization vector, initializes the encryption processing by use of the generated initialization vector, then encrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, transmits said second transmission data to the second transmission media in an unencrypted form, and transmits said initialization vector to said second transmission media, and

said communications apparatus on the receiving side receives said encrypted first transmission data via said first transmission media, receives said second transmission data and said initialization vector via said second transmission media, generates a decryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data received via said second transmission media, initializes the encryption processing by use of said initialization vector, and then decrypts the encrypted first transmission data by use of said decryption key.

6. A communications apparatus configured to transmit data to a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security, level, the communications apparatus comprising:

data distributing means for distributing transmission data to first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media;

encryption processing means for encrypting said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data; and

data transmitting means for transmitting the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media and transmit said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an encrypted form.

7. The communications apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising

key generating means for generating an encryption key by use of at least part of said second transmission data, wherein

said encryption processing means encrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key.

8. The communications apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said encryption processing means encrypts said first transmission data by execute an exclusive OR operation with at least a part of said second transmission data.

9. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising

given data generating means for generating given data, wherein

said key generating means generates an encryption key on the basis of data long enough configured by adding said given data to said second transmission data, and

said encryption processing means encrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key.

10. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising

initialization vector generating means for generating an initialization vector, wherein

said key generating means generates an encryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, and

said encryption processing means initializes encryption processing by use of said initialization vector and then encrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key.

11. A communications apparatus configured to receive data via first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, the communications apparatus comprising:

a communications apparatus on a transmitting side dividing transmission data into first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media, respectively, encrypting said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, transmitting the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmitting said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form, comprising;

data receiving means for receiving said encrypted first transmission data via said first transmission media and said second transmission data via said second transmission media,

decryption processing means for decrypting the encrypted first transmission data by use of at least a part of the received second transmission data, and

data reconfigurating means for reconfiguring the original transmission data from the decrypted first transmission data and the received second transmission data.

12. The communications apparatus according to claim 11, wherein an encryption key is generated by use of at least a part of said second transmission data and said first transmission data is encrypted by use of the generated encryption key, further comprising

key generating means for generating a decryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data received via said second transmission media in accordance with a same key generating algorithm as that of said communications apparatus on the transmitting side,

said decryption processing means decrypting the encrypted first transmission data received via said first transmission media by use of a same encryption processing algorithm as that of said communications apparatus on the transmitting side.

13. The communications apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said communications apparatus on the transmitting side encrypts said first transmission data by executing an exclusive OR operation with at least a part of said second transmission data, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmits said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form, and

said decryption processing means decrypts the encrypted first transmission data received via said first transmission media by executing an exclusive OR operation with at least a part of said second transmission data received via said second transmission media.

14. The communications apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said communications apparatus on the transmitting side generates an encryption key on the basis of data long enough configured by adding given data to said second transmission data, decrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, transmits said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form, and transmits said given data to said second transmission media,

said data receiving means further receives said given data via said second transmission media,

said key generating means generates a decryption key on the basis of data configured by adding said given data to the received second transmission data, and

said decryption processing means decrypts the encrypted first transmission data received via the first transmission media by use of the generated decryption key.

15. The communications apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said communications apparatus on the transmitting side generates an encryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, generates an initialization vector, encrypts said first transmission data by use of the generated encryption key after initializing the encryption processing by use of the generated initialization vector, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, transmits said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form, and transmits said initialization vector to said second transmission media,

said data receiving means further receives said initialization vector via said second transmission media

said key generating means generates a decryption key by use of at least a part of said second transmission data received via said second transmission media, and

said decryption processing means decrypts the encrypted first transmission data by use of the generated decryption key after initializing the encryption processing by use of said initialization vector.

16. A communications method configured to transmit data to a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, comprising:

distributing transmission data to first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media;

encrypting said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data; and

transmitting the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media and transmit said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an encrypted form.

17. A communications method configured to receive data via a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, wherein a communications apparatus on a transmitting side divides transmission data into first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media, respectively, encrypts said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmits said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form, said communication method comprising:

receiving said encrypted first transmission data via said first transmission media and said second transmission data via said second transmission media;

decrypting the encrypted first transmission data by use of at least a part of the received second transmission data; and

reconfiguring the original transmission data from the decrypted first transmission data and the received second transmission data.

18. A computer program written in a computer-readable form so as to execute, on a computer, processing of transmission of data to a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, comprising the steps of:

distributing transmission data to first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media;

encrypting said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data; and

transmitting the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media and transmit said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an encrypted form.

19. A computer program written in a computer-readable form so as to execute, on a computer, processing of transmission of data to a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, wherein a communications apparatus on a transmitting side divides transmission data into first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media, respectively, encrypts said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, transmits the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmits said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form, said computer program comprising the steps of:

receiving said encrypted first transmission data via said first transmission media and said second transmission data via said second transmission media;

decrypting the encrypted first transmission data by use of at least a part of the received second transmission data; and

reconfiguring the original transmission data from the decrypted first transmission data and the received second transmission data.

20. A communications apparatus configured to transmit data to a first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level, comprising:

a data distributor configured to distribute transmission data to first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media;

a encryption processor configured to encrypt said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data; and

a data transmitter configured to transmit the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media and transmit said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an encrypted form.

21. A communications apparatus configured to receive data via first transmission media and a second transmission media that are different from each other in security level the communications apparatus comprising:

a first communications apparatus on a transmitting side dividing transmission data into first transmission data and second transmission data to be transmitted via said first transmission media and said second transmission media, respectively, encrypting said first transmission data by use of at least a part of said second transmission data, transmitting the encrypted first transmission data to said first transmission media, and transmitting said second transmission data to said second transmission media in an unencrypted form, comprising;

a data receiver configured to receive said encrypted first transmission data via said first transmission media and said second transmission data via said second transmission media;

a decryption processor configured to decrypt the encrypted first transmission data by use of at least a part of the received second transmission data; and

a data reconfigurator configured to reconfigure the original transmission data from the decrypted first transmission data and the received second transmission data.