Patent ID: 7574603

Claim:
A method for negotiating a set of security parameters usable by an initiator and a responder to create a secure path over a network for exchanging information, the method including a plurality of modes, comprising: conducting an internet key management and exchange protocol (TKE) main mode negotiation for establishing the secure path and selecting the set of security parameters including a security protocol; conducting an internet key management and exchange protocol (IKE) quick mode negotiation for deriving a set of keys usable with the security protocol; wherein a message is exchanged between the responder and the initiator before the completion of the IKE main mode negotiation, the message comprising at least part of the IKE quick mode negotiation, and the message including both a main mode pseudo random number and a separate quick mode pseudo random number; and wherein a protocol security process establishes inbound and outbound protocol security associations.