Patent ID: 8312147
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: sending, from a first node to a second node, an initiator message to open a connection between the first node and the second node wherein the initiator message comprises an endpoint discriminator identifying the second node; receiving, at the first node, a responder message sent from the second node, wherein the responder message comprises a responder certificate; comparing information contained in the responder message with the endpoint discriminator provided in the initiator message; confirming that the responder certificate was sent by the second node when the information contained in the responder message matches the endpoint discriminator provided in the initiator message; converting the responder certificate to a responder canonical identifier; comparing the responder canonical identifier to a stored canonical identifier, wherein the stored canonical identifier is stored by the first node; and establishing the connection between the first node and the second node over a pre-existing session corresponding to the stored canonical identifier, when the responder canonical identifier matches the stored canonical identifier, wherein the pre-existing session is between the first node and a third node associated with the second node.