Patent ID: 11949718
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus for establishing at least one trusted communication path for transmitting information from a source to a destination in a network of elements including trusted elements according to a trusted path policy, comprising:
a processor;
a memory, communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing processor instructions including instructions for:
receiving security confidence information identifying each trusted network element of the network and describing at least one security parameter of each of the trusted elements of the network;
registering, each of the trusted elements using the security confidence information;
generating, from the security confidence information, a trusted element unique trusted path digital certificate for each of the trusted elements, the source, and the destination;
transmitting the generated trusted path digital certificates to each of the trusted elements, the source, and the destination;
receiving a trusted path query from the source in the resolver, the trusted path query comprising an address of the destination and a trusted path policy;
generating trusted communication path information describing the at least one trusted communication path according to the trusted path policy, and the security confidence information; and

transmitting trusted communication path information describing at least a portion of the trusted communication path to the source.