METHOD OF DISCOVERING INTERMEDIATE FUNCTIONS AND SELECTING A PATH BETWEEN TWO COMMUNICATION DEVICES

摘要

The invention relates to a method for carrying out transmission functions hosted by intermediate devices of a path between two communication devices. The end-to-end encryption devices are designed to resist any attempts at surveillance or tampering, since third parties can neither decrypt nor modify the communicated data. A solution is known which, depending on the requests from applications to open connections, makes it possible to select and assemble the transport protocols necessary for the application to function. However, this is a local method: the protocol stack is assembled only at the communication equipment making up the endpoints of the connections. Therefore, the requests emitted by these applications are not transmitted to the intermediate devices hosting the desired functions. The invention makes it possible to restore cooperation between communication devices, constituting the endpoints of a connection, and intermediate nodes hosting transmission functions.