Patent ID: 8438631
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A machine-implemented method to provide an end-to-end secure transaction over a software defined network (SDN) through an enclave device capable of opening an in-band virtual secure channel (VSC) and an out-of-band VSC over the SDN, comprising: opening, through the enclave device, either the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC over the SDN; authenticating, through the enclave device, a user of a resource over either the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; facilitating, through the enclave device, an authorization of the user to access the resource over either the in-band VSC or the out-of-band VSC; and accounting for a transaction conducted by the user accessing the resource, through the enclave device, over at least one of the in-band VSC and the out-of-band VSC, wherein: