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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Architecture Technology Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Barry A. Trent, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Edward R. Mandy, Victoria, MN (US);
Assignee:
ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 21/568 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A distributed file integrity checking system is described. The described peer integrity checking system (PICS) may negate an attack by storing a properties database amongst nodes of a peer-to-peer network of hosts, some or all of which co-operate to protect and watch over each other.