System and method for distributed SSL processing between co-operating nodes
US8225085B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0428
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A secure communication protocol (e.g., SSL) transaction request from a client to a server is intercepted at a client-side proxy communicatively coupled to the client and logically deployed between the client and the server. The client-side proxy initiates a secure connection with the server and passes an attribute (e.g., a cryptographic key) associated with that secure connection to a server-side proxy communicatively coupled to the server and logically deployed between the client and the server. This enables the server-side proxy to engage in secure communications with the server in a transparent fashion.
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