Distributed systems for providing secured HTTP communications over the network
AssigneeDigi International Inc.
InventorsPaul Jacobson, William Peisel
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Abstract
A method of distributing computations is provided. The method includes receiving a secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol request over secured sockets layer, and routing the request to an SSL handler that is distributed on a network of computer systems. Secured sockets layer front end processing is performed on the first server, which then sends SSL big number requests to a second server over a secure channel. The second server performs public key computations using a SSL big number library, and returns the replies to the first server, which completes the SSL processing and routes the request to a web server.
Claims5
A method comprising;
- receiving a secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request over secured sockets layer (SSL);
- routing the request to an SSL handler that is distributed on a network of computer systems to a first server;
- performing secured sockets layer (SSL) front end processing on the request in the first server;
- sending SSL big number requests to a second server over a secure channel;
- performing public key computations using a SSL big number library residing in the second server;
- returning replies to the first server for completion of SSL processing;
- and
- routing the request to a web server.
An article comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine result in the following:
- receiving a secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request over secured sockets layer (SSL);
- routing the request to an SSL handler that is distributed on a network of computer systems to a first server;
- performing secured sockets layer (SSL) front end processing on the request in the first server;
- sending SSL big number requests to a second server over a secure channel;
- performing public key computations using a SSL big number library residing in the second server;
- returning replies to the first server for completion of SSL processing;
- and
- routing the request to a web server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.