Secure communications using adaptive data compression

摘要

Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for communicating using adaptive data compression. A system is configured to compare operation of an encrypted communications channel to at least one operational threshold for the encrypted communications channel and select a level of compression for the encrypted communications channel based on the comparing. The system is further configured to compress data packets to be transmitted over the encrypted communications channel in accordance with the level of compression, encrypt the data packets, and transmit, via a network, the encrypted and compressed data packets to a destination.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for communicating using adaptive data compression, the method comprising:
determining whether an encrypted communications channel operating with a level of compression is operating below an operational threshold based on a capacity of the encrypted communications channel; decreasing the level of compression when the encrypted communications channel is operating below the operation threshold; compressing, in accordance with the level of compression, data packets to be transmitted over the encrypted communications channel; creating, when the encrypted communications channel is operating below the operational threshold, at least one padding data packet, wherein the data of the at least one padding data packet comprises padding data; encrypting the compressed data packets and the at least one padding data packet; transmitting, over the encrypted communications channel, the compressed and encrypted data packets to a destination; and transmitting, over the encrypted communications channel, the encrypted at least one padding data packet to the destination.