Patent ID: 8862871

Claim:
A system comprising computer network for a transmission of data utilizing a packet, comprising: a plurality of nodes, said plurality of nodes being at least a source node and a destination node, said computer network being configured to transmit said packet from said source node to said destination node; said source node having a unique source identifier; said destination node having a public key; a source network interface configured to generate a signature for said source node using a private key; said packet comprising: attribute information indicative of a status of said origination node; said signature for said source node; and said unique source identifier of said source node; wherein said computer network is configured to utilize said signature for said source node and said unique source identifier of said source node to obtain an authentication of said packet and transmit said packet based, at least in part, on said authentication over said computer network; and a trusted authority wherein said private key is encrypted according to an encryption scheme managed only by said trusted authority.