Patent ID: 9246880
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for secure communication between network device services, the method comprising: generating by a first network device a network communication including a destination address associated with a second network device and a destination port number, wherein the destination port number is restricted and corresponds to a service operating on the second network device; generating by the first network device an initial secure sockets layer (SSL) handshake protocol message, the generating comprising inserting at least the destination port number into a server name indicator (SNI) extension of the initial SSL handshake protocol message; establishing by the first network device an SSL connection with the second network device comprising sending the initial SSL handshake protocol message with the destination port number in the SNI extension to the second network device using a predetermined port number and the destination address, wherein the predetermined port number is different from the destination port number and is unrestricted; and sending by the first network device information included in the network communication to the service operating on the second network device and corresponding to the destination port number using the SSL connection.