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Encryption of data packets using a sequence of private keys generated from a public key exchange

  • US 6,052,466 A
  • Filed: 08/28/1997
  • Issued: 04/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A private key generator, comprising:

  • a first generator for generating a private key;

    a second generator initialized with the private key for generating a first cipher stream;

    a partitioner that partitions the first cipher stream into a plurality of secondary keys for use in generating corresponding second cipher streams to encrypt plaintext information into ciphertext information; and

    an indexer for indexing the plurality of secondary keys, an index included with the ciphertext information identifying which of the indexed plurality of secondary keys was used in encrypting the plaintext information.

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