Patent ID: 8346949

Claim:
A method for secure forwarding of a message from a first computer to a second computer using a secure connection via an intermediate computer in a telecommunication network, comprising: the first computer and the second computer negotiating and exchanging keys with one another, by the first and second computer, according to a key exchange protocol to establish the secure connection between the first computer and the second computer via the intermediate computer, the secure connection having a source address of the first computer as a first end point and a destination address of the second computer as a second end point of the secure connection, in the first computer, forming a secure message, in the first computer, by giving the secure message a first unique identity and a first destination address to the intermediate computer, sending the secure message, using the secure connection, containing the first unique identity and the first destination address from the first computer to the intermediate computer, the intermediate computer receiving the secure message and performing a translation by using the first unique identity to find a second destination address to the second computer, the intermediate computer substituting the first destination address with the second destination. address to the second computer, the intermediate computer substituting, at the intermediate computer, the first unique identity with a second unique identity of the secure connection, and the intermediate computer forwarding, at the intermediate computer, the secure message with the second destination address and the second unique identity to the second computer in the secure connection.