Patent ID: 8190876
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: negotiating, by a client computing device executing an application, a secured connection with a server without authenticating the client computing device to the server, wherein the secured connection is secured using a secured sockets layer/transport layer security (SSL/TLS) protocol; making a determination, by the client computing device, to access a server resource that requires client authentication; in response to the determination, sending a non-POST request to the server to initiate a new secured connection, the non-POST request indicating the server resource; negotiating the new secured connection with the server, the negotiating of the new secured connection comprising sending a client certificate to the server and authenticating the client computing device to the server; and submitting a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) POST request to the server via the new secured connection, the HTTP POST request indicating the server resource.