METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCRYPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS OVER A NETWORK
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1. A first waveguide system comprising:
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a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;
receiving communications;
determining whether the communications are encrypted;
responsive to a determination that the communications are not encrypted, encrypting the communications to generate encrypted communications; and
transmitting, to a second waveguide system, electromagnetic waves to a physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path, wherein the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves are within a non-optical frequency range, wherein the electromagnetic waves convey the encrypted communications.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining whether communications are encrypted, determining a communication type for the communications according to sensitivity criteria, encrypting the communications according to the communication type to generate encrypted communications, and transmitting to a second network device the encrypted communications. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A first waveguide system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; receiving communications; determining whether the communications are encrypted; responsive to a determination that the communications are not encrypted, encrypting the communications to generate encrypted communications; and transmitting, to a second waveguide system, electromagnetic waves to a physical interface of a transmission medium that propagate without utilizing an electrical return path, wherein the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves are within a non-optical frequency range, wherein the electromagnetic waves convey the encrypted communications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first network device, communications originated from a source communication device; determining, by the first network device, whether the communications are encrypted; responsive to a determination that the communications are not encrypted; determining, by the first network device, a communication type for the communications according to sensitivity criteria, and encrypting, by the first network device, the communications according to the communication type to generate encrypted communications; and transmitting, by the first network device to a second network device, the encrypted communications. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-readable storage device comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor of a first network device cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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storing information representative of sensitivity criteria, wherein the sensitivity criteria is generated based on monitoring unencrypted communications; receiving communications originated from a source communication device; determining whether the communications satisfy an encryption threshold; responsive to a determination that the communications do not satisfy the encryption threshold; determining a communication type for the communications according to sensitivity criteria, and encrypting the communications according to the communication type to generate encrypted communications; and transmitting, to a second network device, the encrypted communications. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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