Location privacy through IP address space scrambling
US7246231B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/668
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a network, a router uses some secret information combined with a cryptographic process in determination of a subnet's routing prefix. Several methods are disclosed, including using an IP suffix for prefix generation and for decryption, maintaining a pool of pseudo prefixes at the router, using public key encryption and symmetric key encryption,
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