Patent ID: 8504822
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: intercepting, at a proxy device locate between a first device and a second device in a computer network, a security session request for a security session between the first device and the second device; obtaining, at the proxy device, security information from the first device, the security information from the first device including at least a subject name of the first device; creating a dynamic certificate using the subject name of the first device and a trusted proxy certificate of the proxy device; establishing a security session between the proxy device and the second device using the dynamic certificate; and establishing a security session between the first device and the proxy device using the trusted proxy certificate of the proxy device, wherein the security session between the first device and the proxy device and the security session between the proxy device and the second device collectively operate as a security session between the first device and the second device.