Techniques for sharing secure communication sessions within a computer network
US12003639B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/166
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In various embodiments, servers in a server pool share a centrally-generated encryption key that is used to encrypt session keys in tickets that can be used by client applications to share secure communication sessions across different servers belonging to the same server pools. When the client application first establishes a secure communication session with a server in a server pool, the server returns a ticket that includes an encrypted version of a session key generated using an encryption key shared by servers in the server pool. Thereafter, the client application can present the ticket to other servers in the server pool to restore the secure communication session with the other servers. Associations between servers and server pools can be communicated to the client application in any technically feasible manner, such as part of information indicating servers from which content can be accessed or via the Domain Name System (DNS).
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