Patent ID: 7899185
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for secure communications, comprising: receiving at a server an authentication request from a browser that includes a security setting flag, wherein if the security setting flag is a first value, then sending a session key to the browser, wherein the session key is encrypted using a public key of the browser; if the security setting flag is a second value, then receiving from the browser a list of directory servers; sending to the browser a first part of a session key encrypted using a public key of the browser; selecting a directory server from the list of directory servers; sending to the selected directory server a second part of the session key, said second part encrypted using a first key to be decrypted by the directory server and sent to the browser encrypted using a second key; and if the security setting flag is a third value, then sending to the directory server the session key encrypted with a first key to be sent to the browser encrypted using a second key.