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Method and system for authenticating messages

  • US 7,370,197 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2002
  • Issued: 05/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a computer, the method being for authenticating messages, the method comprising:

  • creating a network address, at least a portion of which matches a result of a cryptographic function, the step of creating the network address comprising calculating a hash of a public key according to the cryptographic function to obtain the result, and using at least a portion of the result as at least a portion of the network address; and

    indicating, within the address, how much of the created network address matches the result of the cryptographic function, the indicating step comprising populating at least a portion of the network address with a code representing the number of bits in length of the portion of the network address that is represented by the result.

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