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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Gerhard Eschelbeck, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrea Villa, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Networks Associates, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and a method for providing trustworthy network security concern communication in an active security management environment are described. A digital certificate including a validated server identifier for a server system is stored on a client system. A digital certificate including a validated client identifier for the client system is stored on the server system. A communications session between the client system and the server system is established. The communications session includes a secure socket connection authenticating each of the client system and the server system using the stored client digital certificate and the stored server digital certificate. A certogram is generated upon the occurrence of a network security concern on the client system. The certogram encloses a notification of the network security concern occurrence and a suggested action responsive thereto within the certogram. The certogram is processed on the server system. The certogram is validated using the validated client identifier stored in the client digital certificate. The network security concern notification and the suggested action enclosed within the validated certogram are evaluated.