Ad-hoc Network Security via Session Initiate Messages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication systems in ad-hoc networks are vulnerable to rogue software intercepting and manipulating transaction data during online transactions, compromising the security and integrity of financial transactions.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for secure ad-hoc network communications involving a primary logical communications device and secondary logical communications devices, which establish a secure communications channel using session initiate messages and cryptographic keys to authenticate and verify transaction data, ensuring the integrity of transactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional communication systems are used in ad-hoc networks, then ease of operation is maintained, but security and integrity of transaction data deteriorate due to rogue software interception
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces session initiate messages and cryptographic keys as intermediaries between communicating devices. These intermediaries enable secure authentication and data integrity verification without requiring complex end-to-end encryption protocols at each device level, thus improving security while managing complexity through standardized intermediary components
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary authentication and session establishment actions before actual transaction data transmission. By pre-establishing secure communication channels and verifying device identities in advance, the system ensures data integrity from the outset, preventing rogue software interception without adding complexity to the actual transaction processing
2Reliability
If session initiate messages and cryptographic keys are used for secure communication, then security and integrity of transaction data are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication mechanism is segmented into distinct components: session initiate messages for channel establishment, cryptographic keys for data protection, and separate verification procedures. This segmentation allows each component to be independently implemented and managed, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive security
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where receiving devices verify session initiate messages and cryptographic keys, providing confirmation of secure channel establishment. This feedback loop ensures authentication success without requiring complex retry logic or error handling, simplifying the overall authentication process
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AI summary
A method of ad-hoc network communications comprises a computer server transmitting a communications session request to a primary logical communications device of a logical ad-hoc communications network. The logical ad-hoc communications network comprises the primary logical communications device and at least one secondary logical communications device that is registered to the primary logical communications device. The communications session request requests a communications session with one of the at least one secondary logical communications devices. Upon receipt of the communications session request, the primary logical communications device transmits to the one secondary logical communications device a session initiate message requesting the one secondary logical communications device initiate the communications session with the computer server. The one secondary logical communications device replies to the computer server with a communications session reply initiating the communications session and identifying the one secondary logical communications device to the computer server.