Performing secure and non-secure communication over the same socket

A packet processing type determiner that facilitates both secure and non-secure communication over a single port, comprising:

• a processor programmed to perform as:
• a non-secure packet processing module configured to process a plurality of data packets received through a first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection over a single socket using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), wherein the single socket is associated with the single port, wherein the processing comprises receiving an indication of a number of data packets to be received;
• a data indicator checking module configured to parse each received data packet for a first out of band data byte denoting a beginning of a secure data record;
• and
• a secure packet processing module configured to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with a first cipher to process the packets received through the first TCP connection over the single socket when the first out of band data byte is detected;
• when a packet is detected with a second out of band data byte denoting a cipher change, using SSL with a second cipher to process the packets that is different from the first cipher, wherein the change occurs without requiring a full SSL renegotiation;
• when a packet is detected with a third out of band data byte denoting an end of the changed cipher, changing back to using SSL with the first cipher to process the packets received through the first TCP connection over the single socket;
• and
• when a packet is detected with a fourth out of band data byte denoting an end of the secure data record, while keeping the first TCP connection active, returning to processing packets received using HTTP through the first TCP connection over the same single socket that subsequently follow the fourth out of band data byte.

A computer-implemented method that facilitates both secure and non-secure communication over a single port, comprising:

• processing a plurality of data packets in a communication received through a first Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection over a single socket using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), wherein the single socket is associated with the single port, wherein the processing comprises receiving an indication of a number of data packets to be received;
• parsing each received data packet of the communication for a first out of band data byte denoting a beginning of a secure data record in the communication;
• and
• when the first out of band data byte is detected in a packet, using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with a first cipher to process the packet, as well as packets received through the first TCP connection over the single socket;
• when a packet is detected with a second out of band data byte denoting a cipher change, using SSL with a second cipher to process the packets that is different from the first cipher, wherein the change occurs without requiring a full SSL renegotiation;
• when a packet is detected with a third out of band data byte denoting an end of the changed cipher, changing back to using SSL with the first cipher to process the packets received through the first TCP connection over the single socket;
• and
• when a packet is detected with a fourth out of band data byte denoting end of the secure data record, while keeping the first TCP connection active, returning to processing packets received using HTTP through the first TCP connection over the same single socket that subsequently follow the fourth out of band data byte.