Methods, systems, and computer program products for establishing secured SSL communication sessions

A method for establishing secured communication sessions comprising the steps of:

• establishing a first secured communication session between a client and a first server based on a certificate transmitted from the first server to the client, the first server certificate being supported by a public key ring of the client;
• and then receiving at least one public key associated with a second server different from the first server from the first server over the first secured communication session;
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• establishing a second secured SSL communication session between the client and the second server based on the at least one public key.

A client supporting secured communication sessions, the client comprising:

• means for establishing a first secured communication session between the client and a first server based on a certificate transmitted from the first server to the client, the first server certificate being supported by a public key ring of the client;
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• means for receiving at least one public key associated with a second server different from the first server from the first server over the first secured communication session;
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• means for establishing a second secured SSL communication session between the client and the second server based on the at least one public key.

A computer program product for establishing secured communication sessions between a client and a server, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable code which establishes a first secured communication session between the client and the server based on a certificate transmitted from the server to the client, the server certificate being supported by a public key which is included in a public key ring of the client;
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• computer readable code which transmits at least one public key associated with a second server to the client over the first secured communication session wherein the at least one public key is provided separate from any associated application code class files.

A computer program product for establishing secured communication sessions, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable code which establishes a first secured communication session between a client and a first server based on a certificate transmitted from the first server to the client, the first server certificate being supported by a public key ring of the client;
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• computer readable code which receives at least one public key associated with a second server different from the first server from the first server over the first secured communication session;
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• computer readable code which establishes a second secured SSL communication session between the client and the second server based on the at least one public key.