Secure messaging

• US 8,189,768 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Issued: 05/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: First Principals, Inc.
• Original Assignee: First Principals, Inc.
• Inventors: Raniere, Keith A
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Kambiz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sanders, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US11/931,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20090113204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,672 Days
• Field of Search: 380/28
• US Class Current: 380/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0478 applying multiple layers of encryption, e.g. nested tunnels or encrypting the content with a first key and then with at least a second key cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14

Abstract

A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message.

Claims

1. A method for secure communication of a message, comprising:

providing a message on an Internet readable medium, the message comprising a plurality of message packets, the plurality of message packets including at least a first message packet and a second message packet;

providing a nodal network comprising a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes including at least a first node, a second node, a third node, a fourth node, a fifth node, and a message destination node, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of a computer and electrical component that execute nodal operations, the nodal operations being capable of execution on said message packets at said plurality of nodes;

gaining, by the first node of said plurality of nodes comprising the nodal network, the first message packet and the second message packet;

processing, by the first node, the first message packet and the second message packet;

transmitting, by the first node, a first processed message packet as processed by the first node to the second node and the third node, wherein the first processed message transmitted to at least one of the second node and the third node is a first decoy message having the same content as the first processed message packet;

gaining, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first processed message as processed by the first node;

processing, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first processed message;

gaining, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first decoy message as transmitted by the first node;

killing the first decoy message at one of the second node and the third node;

transmitting, by the first node, a second processed message packet to the fourth node and the fifth node, wherein the second processed message packet transmitted to at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node is a second decoy message having the same content as the second processed message;

gaining, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second processed message as processed by the first node;

processing, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second processed message;

gaining, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second decoy message as transmitted by the first node;

killing the second decoy message at one of the fourth node and the fifth node;

transmitting, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first processed message packet to the message destination node of the nodal network;

transmitting, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second processed message packet to the message destination node;

receiving, by the message destination node of said nodal network, the first processed message packet as transmitted by at least one of the second node and the third node;

receiving, by the message destination node, the second processed message as transmitted by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node; and

processing the first processed message packet and the second processed message packet to provide a reproduced message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein processing comprises executing at least one nodal operation, wherein nodal operations comprise:

encrypting, decrypting, copying, dividing, combining, adding, deleting, no action, and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein gaining is generating or receiving.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein gaining the message packet comprises gaining the message packet as singly encrypted, and wherein processing the message packet comprises encrypting the message packet resulting in formation of the message packet as doubly encrypted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the message packets may comprise true message packets and dummy message packets.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a test on the reproduced message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message packet and the second message packet consist of N message packets, and wherein gaining the first message packet and gaining the second message packet collectively comprises:

receiving by the first node from at least two nodes of the plurality of nodes M message packets of the N message packets such than 1≦

M<

N and such that the M message are received by the first node as encrypted;

generating by the first node a remaining N−

M message packets of the N message packets; and

encrypting by the first node the remaining N−

M message packets.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message packet has content expressed in a first modality, and wherein the second message packet has content expressed in a second modality that differs from the first modality further wherein the modality is selected from the group consisting of a text modality, a visual modality, and an audio modality.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the nodal network comprises a first network selected from the group consisting of an Internet nodal network, a postal nodal network, a parcel nodal network, a wireless nodal network, a vehicle communication network, an animal communication system, a multimedia nodal network, and combinations thereof, and wherein the first network comprises the plurality of nodes.

10. A nodal network for secure communication of a message, said nodal network comprising a plurality of nodes, said message including a first message packet and a second message packet, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of a computer and electrical component that execute nodal operations, the nodal operations being capable of execution on said message packets at said plurality of nodes, said plurality of nodes comprising a first node, said first node adapted to gain the first message packet and the second message packet as encrypted, process the first message packet, transmit a first processed message packet to a at least one of a second node and a third node, kill the first message packet, transmit a second processed packet to at least one of a fourth node and a fifth node, wherein the nodal network further includes a message destination node that reproduces the message after processing the first processed message packet and the second message packet.

11. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein to gain the first message by the first node comprises to generate the first message packet by the first node and to encrypt the first message packet by the first node or to receive, by the first node, the first message packet as encrypted.

12. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein to process the first message packet by the first node comprises the execution of at least one nodal operation, wherein nodal operations comprise:

to transmit the first message packet from the first node to the second node of the plurality of nodes;

to kill the first message packet;

to divide the first message packet by the first node into at least two smaller message packets;

to add message content to the first message packet by the first node, which increases the size of the first message packet;

to delete message content from the first message packet by the first node, which decreases the size of the first message packet; and

to decrypt the first message packet by the first node.

13. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein to gain the first message packet by the first node comprises to receive the first message packet by the first node or to generate the first message packet by the first node and to encrypt the first message packet by the first node.

14. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein to gain the first message packet by the first node comprises to gain by the first node the first message packet as singly encrypted, and wherein to process the first message packet by the first node comprises to encrypt the first message packet by the first node, resulting in formation of the first message packet as doubly encrypted.

15. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein the first node is further adapted to gain at least one other message packet as encrypted and to process the at least one other message packet.

16. The nodal network of claim 10 wherein the second node is adapted to process the first message packet such that the first message packet are processed and synthesized such that the message is generated.

17. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein the first message packet and the second message packet consist of N message packets, and wherein to gain the first message packet by the first node and to gain the second message packet by the first node collectively comprises:

to receive by the first node from at least two of nodes of the plurality of nodes M message packets of the N message packets such than 1≦

M<

N and such that the M message are received by the first node as encrypted;

to generate by the first node a remaining N−

M message packets of the N message packets; and

to encrypt by the first node the remaining N−

M message packets.

18. The nodal network of claim 10,

wherein to gain the first message packet by the first node and to gain the second message packet by the first node collectively comprises to receive by the first node from at least two nodes of the plurality of nodes the first message packet and the second message packet;

and

wherein to process the first message packet by the first node and to process the second message packet by the first node collectively comprises to generate the message by the first node and to utilize the first message packet and the second message packet by the first node.

19. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein the first message packet and the second message packet are adapted to be transmitted through the at least two nodes to the first node from a second node of the plurality of nodes.

20. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein to process the first message packet by the first node and to process the second message packet by the first node collectively comprises:

to decrypt by the first node the first message packet and the second message packet; and

to synthesize by the first node the decrypted message packets to generate the message.

21. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein to process the first message packet by the first node and to process the second message packet by the first node collectively comprises:

to synthesize the first message packet by the first node and the second message packet by the first node to generate an encrypted form of the message; and

to decrypt by the first node the encrypted form of the message to generate the message.

22. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein the first node is further adapted to gain a dummy packet and to process the dummy packet, further wherein to gain the dummy packet by the first node comprises to receive the dummy packet by the first node from a second node of the plurality of nodes or to generate the dummy packet by the first node, further wherein to process the dummy packet by the first node comprises to transmit the dummy packet from the first node to a second node of the plurality of nodes or to encrypt the dummy packet by the first node.

23. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein the first message packet has content expressed in a first modality, and wherein the second message packet has content expressed in a second modality that differs from the first modality, further wherein modality is selected from the group consisting of a text modality, a visual modality, and an audio modality.

24. The nodal network of claim 10, wherein the nodal network comprises a first network selected from the group consisting of an Internet nodal network, a postal nodal network, a parcel nodal network, a wireless nodal network, a vehicle communication network, an animal communication system, a multimedia nodal network, and combinations thereof, and wherein the first network comprises the plurality of nodes.

25. A method for secure communication of a message on an Internet readable medium, the method comprising:

providing a true message on an Internet readable medium, the true message comprising a plurality of message packets, the plurality of message packets including at least a first true message packet and a second true message packet;

providing a dummy message on the Internet readable medium, the dummy message comprising a plurality of dummy message packets, the plurality of dummy message packets including at least a first dummy message packet and a second dummy message packet;

providing a nodal network comprising a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes including at least a first node, a second node, a third node, a fourth node, a fifth node, and a message destination node, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of a computer and electrical component that execute nodal operations, the nodal operations being capable of execution on said message packets;

receiving, by the first node of the plurality of nodes of the nodal network, the first true message and the second true message;

receiving, by the first node, the first dummy message and the second dummy message;

processing, by the first node, the first true message packet and the second true message packet;

transmitting, by the first node, a first processed true message packet as processed by the first node to at least one of the second node and the third node;

transmitting, by the first node, a first dummy message to at least one of the second node and the third node, wherein the first dummy message transmitted to at least one of the second node and the third node has different content than the first processed true message;

gaining, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first processed true message as processed by the first node;

processing, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first processed true message;

gaining, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first dummy message as transmitted by the first node;

killing the first dummy message at one of the second node and the third node;

transmitting, by the first node, a second processed true message packet to at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node;

transmitting, by the first node, a second dummy message to at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, wherein the second dummy message packet has different content than the second processed true message;

gaining, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second processed true message as processed by the first node;

processing, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second processed true message;

gaining, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second dummy message as transmitted by the first node;

killing the second dummy message at one of the fourth node and the fifth node;

transmitting, by at least one of the second node and the third node, the first processed true message packet to the message destination node of the nodal network;

transmitting, by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node, the second processed true message packet to the message destination node;

receiving, by the message destination node of said nodal network, the first processed true message packet as transmitted by at least one of the second node and the third node;

receiving, by the message destination node, the second processed true message as transmitted by at least one of the fourth node and the fifth node; and

processing the first processed true message packet and the second processed true message packet to provide a reproduced message.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the first true message is encrypted and wherein processing the first true message includes decrypting the first true message.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein processing the first true message comprises executing at least one nodal operation, wherein nodal operations comprise:

reading the first true message;

transmitting the first true message, and killing the first true message.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the nodal network comprises a first network selected from the group consisting of an Internet nodal network, a postal nodal network, a parcel nodal network, a wireless nodal network, a vehicle communication network, an animal communication system, a multimedia nodal network, and combinations thereof, and wherein the first network comprises the plurality of nodes.