Patent ID: 8769265

Claim:
A blade device, comprising: one or more interface devices for communicating information to and from the blade device; and one or more processors operable to execute executable instructions to perform actions, comprising: receiving from a client device a first message; in response, establishing a first secure communications session with the client device by performing a first security handshake with the client device, the first security handshake including a first client certificate received from the client device, the first security handshake employing a first secure communications protocol; associating a communications with the client device to a target server; receiving a second message from the client device, the second message including a second client certificate associated with the client device that is equivalent to the first client certificate, the second message being a second security handshake with the client device; in response, establishing a second secure communications session with the client device by performing a second security handshake with the client device that employs a second secure communications protocol; and identifying the target server for a second communications with the client device based on the second client certificate, the second client certificate including a public key security certificate.