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US 2006/0225130 A1Published application
Secure login credentials for substantially anonymous users
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsKai Chen, Shioupyn Shen
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for secure communications. The techniques feature receiving over the first connection a login credential for the server, generated by the server without the use of any information identifying a computer user. The techniques further feature establishing a second secure connection with the server using a secure protocol and the login credential provided by the server.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- establishing a first connection with a server;
- receiving over the first connection a login credential for the server, generated by the server without the use of any information identifying a computer user;
- and
- establishing a second secure connection with the server using a secure protocol and the login credential provided by the server.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- receiving a first request from a client to establish a first secure connection with the client;
- establishing the first secure connection with the client;
- transmitting to the client over the first secure connection a login credential, generated without reference to any client identifying information;
- receiving a second request from the client to establish a second secure connection with the client;
- and
- establishing a second secure connection with the client.
3 more elements
A system comprising:
- means for establishing a first connection with a server;
- means for receiving over the first connection a login credential for the server, generated by the server without the use of any information identifying a computer user;
- and
- means for establishing a second secure connection with the server using a secure protocol and the login credential provided by the server.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- receiving in a user computer a certificate from a virtual private network (VPN) server;
- establishing a first secure connection with the VPN server using a Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol based on the certificate provided by the VPN server;
- receiving over the first secure connection from the VPN server a username and password to login to the VPN server, the username and password having been generated by the VPN server and without any identifying information provided to the VPN server;
- calculating a secret encryption key based on the username and password;
- establishing a second secure connection with the VPN server using a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) tunnel based on the username and password and the secret encryption key;
- and
- logging in to the VPN server over the second secure connection using the username and password.
4 more elements
A method comprising:
- establishing a first secure connection with a user computer using a Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol;
- sending over the first secure connection to the user computer a username and password, without use of any identifying information identifying a computer user;
- receiving a login request containing the username and password from the user;
- and
- establishing a second secure connection with the user using a Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) tunnel based on the username and password.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.