US 11,949,718 B2
Establishing a trusted path and transmitting information via a network of untrusted elements
Christopher Poli, Doylestown, PA (US); and Roger D Gahman, Telford, PA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/551,102.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,002, filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232041 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/20 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of establishing at least one trusted communication path for transmitting information from a source to a destination in a network of elements including trusted elements according to a trusted path policy, comprising:
receiving, in a resolver, security confidence information identifying each trusted network element of the network and describing at least one security parameter of each of the trusted elements of the network;
registering, by the resolver, each of the trusted elements using the security confidence information;
generating, from the security confidence information, a trusted element unique trusted path digital certificate for each of the trusted elements, the source, and the destination;
transmitting the generated trusted path digital certificates to each of the trusted elements, the source, and the destination;
receiving a trusted path query from the source in the resolver, the trusted path query comprising an address of the destination and a trusted path policy;
generating trusted communication path information describing the at least one trusted communication path according to the trusted path policy, and the security confidence information; and
transmitting trusted communication path information describing at least a portion of the trusted communication path to the source.