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End-to-end encryption system and method of operation

US4578530A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 1983
Grant dateMar 25, 1986
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F7/1016
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An efficient end-to-end encryption system including key management procedures for providing secure, financial data communication between a system user at one of a plurality of transaction terminals of one of a plurality of acquirer institutions and one of a plurality of issuer institutions, with selected elements of the data being encrypted, decrypted, and processed using a onetime session key which is similarly encrypted with master keys and efficiently sent along with the specific segments of the request and response messages. A session key authentication code is utilized to prevent the replay of a previously used session key, thereby precluding undetected message replay or undetected message or data element substitution or insertion.

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