Crypto Tunnelling for Secure Peer-to-Peer Data Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
The Internet Protocol (IP) architecture lacks inherent security measures, leading to severe security threats as malicious devices can intercept and exploit data packets, causing man-in-the-middle attacks and unauthorized access, resulting in significant financial losses and data breaches.
Innovation Solution
A secure peer-to-peer data network is established using a network operating system that generates secure private and public keys for each device, enabling two-way trusted relationships and crypto tunnelling, ensuring encrypted data packets can only be decrypted by intended recipients, with replicator devices forwarding secure tunneled packets through an external data network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If IP routing protocols enable universal reachability between connected devices, then network connectivity and communication capability are improved, but security vulnerabilities increase allowing malicious devices to intercept and exploit data packets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces certificate authorities and encryption protocols as intermediary layers between communicating devices. These intermediaries verify device identities through digital certificates and establish secure communication channels, preventing direct exploitation of IP routing vulnerabilities while maintaining universal reachability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nested security layers where encryption protocols operate within the IP protocol stack. Multiple encryption layers (transport layer security, application layer security) are nested within the IP routing infrastructure, creating defense-in-depth that protects data packets at multiple levels while preserving network connectivity.
2Productivity
If network devices are made universally accessible via IP addresses, then data transmission capability is improved, but susceptibility to man-in-the-middle attacks increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where receiving devices verify sender identities through digital certificate validation. This feedback loop ensures that only authenticated devices can establish secure communication channels, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks while maintaining efficient data transmission between verified devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary authentication and key exchange actions before actual data transmission begins. Digital certificates are verified and encryption keys are established in advance, ensuring that communication channels are secured before any sensitive data flows, thereby preventing interception attacks.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If encryption is applied to protect data packets during transmission, then security against interception is improved, but computational overhead and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments encryption operations into distinct phases: key generation, key exchange, and data encryption. Each phase uses optimized algorithms appropriate to its specific task, reducing overall computational overhead compared to applying a single heavy encryption protocol throughout the entire communication process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent dynamically adjusts encryption parameters such as key length and algorithm complexity based on the security requirements and computational capabilities of the communicating devices. This allows the system to optimize the balance between security strength and energy consumption, using stronger encryption only when necessary.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a method comprises: generating, by a secure executable container executed by an endpoint device in a secure peer-to-peer data network, a secure private key and a first secure public key; first establishing, by the secure executable container, a two-way trusted relationship with a second endpoint device, including receiving a second secure public key of the second endpoint device; second establishing, by the secure executable container, a two-way trusted relationship with a replicator device, including receiving a third secure public key of the replicator device; generating, by the secure executable container using the second secure public key, a secure data packet destined for the second endpoint device, including generating an encrypted payload for the secure data packet; and generating and outputting to the replicator device, by the secure executable container using the third secure public key, a secure tunneled data packet, including encrypting the secure data packet.