Patent ID: 8756658
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An authentication method, comprising: receiving, at a first node, a request for a service from a second node, the request for the service including a communication history of the second node, the first node and the second node each including a computing device; determining one or more other communication nodes belonging to the communication history of the second node; transmitting, to the one or more other nodes, a request for evaluation of the second node; receiving, from the one or more other nodes, an evaluation of the second node in response to the request for evaluation, the evaluation based on the one or more other nodes' prior experience with the second node; determining whether to authenticate the second node based on the evaluation received from the one or more other nodes, the determining whether to authenticate including: providing the service to the second node when the determining whether to authenticate indicates that the second node is authenticated.