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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2007
Curtis M. Gearhart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Meyer, Cary, NC (US);
Linwood H. Overby, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
David J. Wierbowski, Owego, NY (US);
Curtis M. Gearhart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Meyer, Cary, NC (US);
Linwood H. Overby, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
David J. Wierbowski, Owego, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to network security and provide a method, system and computer program product for centralized secure offload of key exchange services for distributed security enforcement points. In one embodiment, a data processing system for centralized secure offload of key exchange services for distributed security enforcement points can be provided. The system can include a security enforcement point controlling communication flows between devices in different less trusted zones of protection, and a security server communicatively coupled to the security enforcement point and hosting key exchange services disposed in a more trusted zone of protection. The security enforcement point can include an interface to the key exchange services and program code enabled to offload at least one portion of a key exchange through the interface to the key exchange services disposed in the more trusted zone of protection.