Proxy with Layer 3 Security
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorJeromy S. Statia
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Abstract
A proxy system may use Layer 3 security mechanisms to establish secure communications between two devices. Each device may establish a secure session with the proxy using the same or a different configuration of a secure session. The proxy may pass traffic between the two devices and perform translation of the traffic between the two secure sessions. The proxy may also perform application layer gateway translations for communication traffic. Some embodiments may comprise a distribution or master proxy that may assign a communication session to a slave proxy in a scalable architecture.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a first connection configured to receive a connection request from a first device, said connection comprising a designator for a second device;
- a first secure connection to said first device, said first secure connection comprising a first Layer 3 security protocol;
- a second secure connection to said second device, said second secure connection comprising a second Layer 3 security protocol;
- a translator configured to receive communications from said first secure connection and send said communications out said second secure connection.
A method comprising:
- receiving a connection request from a first device, said connection request comprising a designator for a second device;
- establishing a first secure connection using a first Layer 3 security protocol to said first device;
- establishing a second secure connection using a second Layer 3 security protocol to said second device;
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- passing communications and translating between said first secure connection and said second secure connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.