Patent ID: 8386785

Claim:
A method of communicating with a server in a gaming network, the method comprising: transmitting, from a gaming machine configured to execute wager-based games, a gaming machine certificate to the server; receiving, by the gaming machine, a server certificate from the server; obtaining, by the gaming machine, a certificate revocation list from a certificate authority, the certificate revocation list including a list of revoked server certificates; determining, by the gaming machine, whether the certificate authority is trustworthy by verifying that the certificate revocation list is authentic; determining, by the gaming machine, whether the server certificate is valid by examining the certificate revocation list when it is determined that the certificate authority is trustworthy; and exchanging, by the gaming machine, a session key with the server over a secure communication channel when it is determined that the server certificate is valid, wherein the gaming machine has verified its identity to the server.