Patent ID: 7987507
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a multi-point server adapted to be communicatively coupled to a plurality of devices via a packet based communications network, said plurality of devices comprising a first device, a second device, and a third device, wherein said multi-point server is adapted to detect a mismatch in a packet sequence number between said first device and said second device and to restart a first secure point-to-point connection between said first device and said second device, said first secure point-to-point connection established between said first device and said second device via at least one common encryption parameter, said at least one common encryption parameter provided to each of said plurality of devices, said at least one common encryption parameter provided responsive to a request from said third device for a second secure point-to-point connection between said third device and said second device, said plurality of devices identified to one another.