System and method for establishing a shared secret among nodes of a security appliance
US8285993B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/0841
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for distributing a shared secret key among a plurality of nodes is described. Each node establishes a secret key, the number of nodes being more than two nodes. A node distributes by a ring protocol executing over computer network connections an encrypted version of the secret key of each node to other nodes of the plurality of nodes. Each node decrypts the secret keys of other nodes so that each node has the secret key of other nodes. Each node combines the secret keys of other nodes to form a shared secret key available to other nodes.
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