Secure P2P Network Autonomic Transaction Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The widespread reachability of the Internet has led to severe security threats as any device connected to it can be targeted by malicious users, exposing user data to theft and disruption, despite significant network security expenditures.
Innovation Solution
A secure peer-to-peer data network is established with autonomic execution capabilities, allowing secure asynchronous transactions even when endpoint devices are unavailable, by using a secure executable container that sends assist requests to assisting devices without user-generated data, ensuring secure and continuous service appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If universal reachability is enabled through IP routing protocols, then any device can communicate with any other device on the Internet, but security threats increase as any device becomes a potential target for malicious attacks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a secure peer-to-peer data network as an intermediary layer between devices and the public Internet. This intermediary network uses cryptographic protocols and decentralized architecture to enable secure direct communication between endpoint devices without exposing them to traditional Internet security threats, thus maintaining universal reachability while eliminating security vulnerabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the network into two distinct layers: a public Internet layer for general connectivity and a secure peer-to-peer layer for protected communication. By dividing the network architecture, devices can access universal reachability through the public layer while maintaining security through the isolated peer-to-peer layer, preventing malicious attacks from propagating between layers
2Ease of operation
If intermediate network devices are used to store and forward user-generated data objects, then data transmission between devices is enabled, but security risks increase as intermediate devices become vulnerable to cyber-attacks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the data storage and forwarding function from traditional intermediate network devices and relocates it to the endpoint devices themselves through decentralized peer-to-peer communication. By removing the central intermediary, user-generated data objects are transmitted directly between endpoints using cryptographic protection, eliminating the security vulnerability of intermediate devices while maintaining ease of data transmission
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements self-service security where each endpoint device independently manages its own data protection through cryptographic keys and secure communication protocols. Instead of relying on intermediate devices to protect data, each device autonomously secures its own transmissions, eliminating the single point of failure that intermediate devices represent while maintaining operational simplicity
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AI summary
A secure executable container executed by a first endpoint device in a secure peer-to-peer data network detects that a second endpoint device is unavailable for execution of a secure asynchronous transaction with the first endpoint device, and generates a secure request for an assisting device (the second endpoint device or a third network device) requesting an indication once the second endpoint device is available for execution of the secure asynchronous transaction. The secure request does not contain any user-generated data. Upon the secure executable container receiving the indication generated by the assisting device that the second endpoint device is available for the execution of the secure asynchronous transaction, the secure executable container causes autonomic execution for completing the secure asynchronous transaction with the second endpoint device.