Patent ID: 8856525
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of obtaining a reputation report, comprising: encrypting, at a first computer, a unique identifier associated with the first computer to create encrypted data, the encrypted data having been encrypted using a public key associated with a master computer; and sending, from the first computer to a second computer, other data and the encrypted data so that the second computer can send the encrypted data to the master computer as part of a reputation report request, the reputation report request including the encrypted data, the master computer having a private key corresponding to the public key and, after receiving a reputation report, the second computer can decide whether the first computer is trustworthy and how to further process the other data from the first computer; wherein the master computer decrypts the encrypted data using the private key to provide the unique identifier, uses the unique identifier as an index to select the reputation report, and sends, to the second computer, the reputation report associated with the unique identifier; and wherein the second computer never obtains an unencrypted version of the unique identifier associated with the first computer.