Patent ID: 9106405
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of proactively modifying secret information in an electronic environment, comprising: determining secret information to be used for securing communications between a first device and a second device; at each of a plurality of times, modifying, by the first device, at least one portion of the secret information according to one or more secret information modification parameters accessible to both of the first device and the second device to generate an updated version of the secret information, the secret information modification parameters specifying a permitted amount of deviation between (i) the secret information determined between the first device and the second device and (ii) the updated version of the secret information generated by the first device; and sending at least one communication from the first device to the second device, the at least one communication based at least in part on the updated version of the secret information; wherein the second device receiving the at least one communication is able to determine the updated version of the secret information based at least in part on the permitted amount of deviation specified by the secret information modification parameters accessible to the second device.