Patent ID: 8856882
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A decentralized method of managing a plurality of software or hardware security entities positioned to cut off an information stream within a network including the plurality of security entities and in which the plurality of security entities are self-managed for communications with one another, the method comprising propagating trust information relating to information exchanges by performing steps including: designating, by a microprocessor, an entity out of the plurality of security entities to act as a sponsor for at least one new security entity, requesting to connect the new security entity with the sponsor by way of the new security entity contacting the sponsor and, on receipt of the request to connect the new security entity, the sponsor determining whether or not to accept the connection, when the sponsor accepts the connection of the new security entity, then connecting the sponsor to the new security entity and disconnecting the sponsor from the plurality of entities forming the network, and at least one of the plurality of security entities or the sponsor checking a security level of the new security entity, by performing steps including: