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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Ari Juels, Brookline, MA (US);
Nikolaos Triandopoulos, Arlington, MA (US);
Kevin Bowers, Melrose, MA (US);
Catherine Hart, Arlington, MA (US);
Ari Juels, Brookline, MA (US);
Nikolaos Triandopoulos, Arlington, MA (US);
Kevin Bowers, Melrose, MA (US);
Catherine Hart, Arlington, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for secure transmission of alert messages over a message locking channel. An alert message is transmitted from a Security Alerting System indicating a potential compromise of a protected resource by obtaining the alert message from the Security Alerting System; authenticating the alert message using a secret key known by a server, wherein the secret key evolves in a forward-secure manner; storing the authenticated alert message in a buffer; and transmitting the buffer to the server. The alert message is authenticated by digitally signing the alert message or applying a message authentication code and is possibly encrypted using a secret key known by a server, wherein the secret key evolves in a forward-secure manner. The authenticated alert message can be maintained in the buffer after the transmitting step. The buffer optionally has a fixed-size and alert messages can be stored in a round-robin manner, for example, from a random position. The buffer can be encrypted prior to transmission to the server.