System and method for managing TLS connections among separate applications within a network of computing systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9112908-B2
Application number	US-201313915755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2013
Priority date	May 31, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

An approach for reutilizing transport layer security (TLS) connections among separate application is provided. In one aspect, a computing system establishes a a transmission control program/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) connection between a first application of a first endpoint and a second application on a second endpoint. The computing system further performs a TLS handshake over the established TCP/IP connection. The computing system also transmits a request from a third application of the second endpoint to transfer a TLS context from the second application on the second endpoint. In response to the second application on the second endpoint accepting the transfer request, the second application utilizing via the one or more computer processors, a predetermined method of providing a TLS context to the third application, wherein the third application of the second endpoint and the first application of the first endpoint communicate securely.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for reutilizing transport layer security (TLS) connections among separate application within a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
establishing, by one or more computer processors, a transmission control program/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) connection between a first application of a first endpoint and a second application on a second endpoint;
performing, by the one or more computer processors, a TLS handshake over the established…

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Krieger Caspar G J
• Soper Billy Joe
• Yoshimura Kenichi

Classifications

• H04L63/0823

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/168 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic