US Patent 10250390 Data health assurance using private proof of authority

A method of securing a network including parsing a first data packet into at least one portion using a first device, such that the at least one portion includes a portion designated as an index identifier. The method includes hashing the at least one portion of the first data packet using the first device and the index identifier, and hashing, using the first device and the index identifier, at least one portion of a second data packet. The method includes combining, using the first device and the index identifier, the hashed portions of the first data packet and the second data packet, and hashing, using the first device and the index identifier, at least one portion of the combined hashed portions of the first data packet and the second data packet into a first combined data packet hash. The method can provide an indication of network security.