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Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability

  • US 8,874,771 B2
  • Filed: 08/16/2007
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of securely transmitting a datastream comprising a plurality of IP packets from a first computer to a second computer over a communication channel, the method carried out at the first computer and comprising the steps of:

  • (1) interleaving a block of the plurality of IP packets;

    (2) encrypting the interleaved packets in the block; and

    (3) creating an IP header for each of the encrypted interleaved packets, each header including;

    an interleave sequence identifier for deinterleaving the encrypted interleaved packet,an identification of the second computer as the destination of the interleaved encrypted packet, anda counter parameter indicating a number of hops the interleaved encrypted packet is required to undergo before the interleaved encrypted packet is delivered to the second computer.

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