Patent ID: 6799270
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a network including a first node, a second node, and a third node, a method for securely delivering digital information to the first node from the third node by way of the second node, the method comprising:receiving a first request at the third node from the first node, wherein the first request is contained within a second request from the second node; generating first digital information in response to the first request; operating on the first request and the first digital information to produce a first respeonse, the first response including a representation of the first digital information; operating on the second request and the first response to produce a second response, the second response including the first response; and transmitting the second response to the second node, wherein the first response is formed using an explicit identifier of the first node as the recipient for the first response and the second response is formed using an explicit identifier of the second node as the recipient for the second response.