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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1998
Daniel Graham Douglas, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and system aspects for authenticated communication of messages among computer systems in an insecure network are described. These aspects include building a first signed object message in a first computer system, the first signed object message including a first sequence number, a first object and a first signature. Further included is sending the first signed object message to a second computer system, verifying the first signed object message in the second computer,system, and building a second signed object message in the second computer system for replying to the first computer system when the first signed object message is verified, the second signed object message including a second sequence number, a second object, and a second signature.