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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2012
David A. Whelan, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Gregory M. Gutt, Ashburn, VA (US);
David G. Lawrence, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Lee O'connor, Redwood City, CA (US);
Arun Ayyagari, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Whelan, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Gregory M. Gutt, Ashburn, VA (US);
David G. Lawrence, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Lee O'Connor, Redwood City, CA (US);
Arun Ayyagari, Seattle, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for secure routing based on a degree of trust are disclosed herein. The disclosed method involves assigning a level of trust to at least one network node, and utilizing the level of trust to determine a degree of security of the network node(s). The level of trust of the network node(s) is related to an amount of certainty of the physical location of the network node(s). The amount of certainty is attained from the network node(s) being located in a known secure location, and/or from verification of the physical location of the network node(s) by using satellite geolocation techniques or by using network ping ranging measurements. The method further involves utilizing the level of trust of the network node(s) to determine a degree of trust of at least one path for routing the data, where the path(s) includes at least one of the network nodes.