Identity-based internet protocol networking

US9948675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The MITRE Corporation · US

Inventors

• Shu Nakamoto · East Wakefield, US
• Robert C. Durst · Oakton, US
• Randy Quang · Millbury, US
• David Pisano · Westford, US
• Jiemei Ma · McLean, US
• Jason R. Andresen · Herndon, US
• Nirav Prashantkumar Trivedi · Noida, IN
• Christopher C. Growney · Falls Church, US
• Jerod M. Parker · Annandale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/14
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A network architecture that eliminates anonymous traffic, reduces a threat surface, and enforces policies is described herein. A method based on this network architecture includes receiving, by a processor, an IP packet entering a network, inserting, by the processor, an identity-based internet protocol (IBIP) shim between a header and a body of the IP packet and incorporating, by the processor, an identity of a source and a destination of the IP packet in the shim.