SECURE END-TO-END TRANSPORT THROUGH INTERMEDIARY NODES
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1. A method for independently encrypting channels of data in a transaction, comprising:
- encryption of a first data channel in the transaction using a first security association;
encryption of a second data channel in the transaction using a second security association; and
encryption of an arbitrary number of additional data channels contained within the transaction using a unique security association for each channel.
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Abstract
A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key.
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1. A method for independently encrypting channels of data in a transaction, comprising:
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encryption of a first data channel in the transaction using a first security association; encryption of a second data channel in the transaction using a second security association; and encryption of an arbitrary number of additional data channels contained within the transaction using a unique security association for each channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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