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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Patrick Battistello, Pessac, FR;
Patrick Battistello, Pessac, FR;
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for secure communications in a telecommunications network is disclosed. The network comprises a group of servers S, referred to as Authorization Servers. For a transaction between an entity A and an entity B of this method comprises: a) entity A sends to one of the Authorization Servers San authorization request; b) the entity A declares to the Authorization Server Sits intention to communicate with entity B and the Authorization Server Sdetermines an individual secret key Kwhich it shares with entity B; c) the Authorization Server Sgenerates a session key Kand sends the session key Kto entity A; d) the Authorization Server Sgenerates a transaction identifier IDTR; e) the authorization server Ssupplies entity B the transaction identifier IDTR; f) using this transaction identifier IDTR, entity B checks the validity of the transaction, and g) entity B generates the session key K.