Autonomic P2P Data Distribution via Trusted Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
The Internet Protocol (IP) architecture lacks security features, leading to severe security threats and limitations in securely transferring large data objects, as it exposes devices to malicious attacks and fails to protect user identities and ownership rights, while also being inefficient in data distribution due to reliance on cloud-based services.
Innovation Solution
A secure peer-to-peer data network is established using a network operating system that enables autonomic distribution of hyperlinked hypercontent through two-way trusted relationships, ensuring secure encryption, identity management, and secure communications, allowing for the secure transfer and storage of large data objects without relying on cloud services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If IP routing protocols are deployed to enable universal reachability, then any source device can reach any destination device, but severe security threats are introduced allowing malicious attacks on targeted devices
Solution Approach 1:
The network is segmented into isolated peer-to-peer connections rather than a universally connected IP network. Each connection is established only between authorized devices through trusted relationships, preventing universal reachability from any source to any destination while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
A trusted relationship mechanism acts as an intermediary between source and destination devices. This intermediary verifies and authorizes connections, preventing direct unauthenticated access that would otherwise be possible in a universally reachable network.
2Productivity
If cloud-based server services are used for data transfer, then data objects can be uploaded and distributed, but the originating user loses ownership rights and is subject to data mining
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of uploading data to a central cloud server that controls distribution, the system inverts the model by enabling direct peer-to-peer distribution where the originating user maintains control. The data flows from the user's device directly to destination devices without being surrendered to a central authority.
Solution Approach 2:
The originating user's device performs the distribution function itself by directly transferring data to destination devices through established trusted relationships, rather than relying on a cloud-based server to handle the distribution. This self-service approach maintains ownership and control.
3Productivity
If cloud-based server devices are used for data transfer, then data objects can be transferred between users, but unexpected loading occurs due to unpredictable uploads by different users
Solution Approach 1:
The data transfer function is extracted from centralized cloud-based servers and distributed to individual user devices. Each device independently handles its own uploads and transfers, eliminating the single point of loading that causes server instability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a static centralized server model to a dynamic distributed peer-to-peer model where transfer capacity and loading are dynamically distributed across multiple devices, preventing unexpected concentration of load on a single server.
4Ease of operation
If email or messaging applications are used for data transfer, then data objects can be transferred between devices, but the transfer may be unsuccessful if the data object exceeds capacity limits
Solution Approach 1:
The data transfer system dynamically adapts to the size of data objects being transferred. Rather than being constrained by fixed capacity limits of email or messaging applications, the peer-to-peer system can handle data objects of any size by establishing direct connections and transferring data in manageable chunks without artificial restrictions.
Data Source
AI summary
A secure executable container executed by an endpoint device receives a request by an originating entity for initiating a secure peer-to-peer transfer of a data object to at least a second network entity via a second network device in a secure data network. The secure executable container establishes a two-way trusted relationship between the originating entity and the endpoint device, and between the endpoint device and the second network device. The secure executable container generates a root data object containing metadata identifying the data object and comprising a list identifying message objects containing respective data chunks of the data object, and causes the second network device to execute a secure autonomic synchronization of the root data object via the secure data network, enabling the second network entity to execute the secure peer-to-peer transfer of at least a selected portion of the data object as a hyperlinked hypercontent object.