US Patent 12120104 Decentralized edge node authentication

This application describes a security framework that allows a data payload transmitted on a network to be validated locally by any node on the network. A node that first receives the data payload may validate the information included in the data payload and generate a digital certificate based on the information. Each node that receives the data payload from the originating node may validate the digital signature using a locally accessible cryptographic key. The framework may support multiple security tiers by configuring nodes to mask information included in a data payload before transmitting the requested data payload to another node.