Patent ID: 8499045
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting an encoded message from a computing device to a message recipient device, the message comprising a message header and a message body, the message header comprising a plurality of header fields, the method comprising: the computing device inserting content of one or more header fields to be protected of the plurality of header fields into the message body prior to transmission of the message to the message recipient device; inserting a disclaimer into the message body wherein the disclaimer indicates that the one or more header fields to be protected is located in the message body; encoding the message body; and transmitting the message after said encoding to the message recipient device, such that when the message is received and processed by the message recipient device, the content of the one or more header fields to be protected that was inserted into the message body by the computing device is extracted from the message body and compared with a corresponding one or more header fields of the message header of the message as received by the message recipient device, wherein if said content of the one or more protected header fields that was inserted into the message body by the computing device as extracted from the message body is different from the corresponding one or more header fields of the message header of the message as received by the message recipient device, an indication that the message has been tampered with is provided at the message recipient device.