Patent ID: 9015484
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A key distribution server to generate a session key to secure communications with an application server, the key distribution server comprising: key distribution server hardware logic to: determine a first group of application servers of a plurality of application servers to be accessible to a client device; receive health information generated by a client device requesting access to an application server of the plurality of application servers, the health information describes the health of the client device based on a client health policy required to access the application server; determine whether the health of the client device meets the client health policy required to access each application server of the first group of application servers; generate a plurality of unique master keys for the first group of application servers in response to a determination that the health of the client device meets the client health policy required to access each application server, each master key corresponds to a different application server; provide the client device with a session key for secure interaction with the application server in response to a determination that the health of the client device meets the client health policy; and provide the application server with a master key that corresponds to the session key, wherein each unique master key is provided for each particular session key.