Secure socket layer application program apparatus and method
A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client applicat
Patent Number
US 5657390
Status
Active
Filing Date
August 25, 1995
Grant Date
August 12, 1997
Expiration
~August 2015 (estimated)
Claims
6
Assignee
Netscape Communications Corp
Inventors
Taher Elgamal, Kipp E. B. Hickman
Citations
383 forward · 2 backward
What it covers
A computer program product comprising: a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for encrypting and decrypting information transferred over a network between a client application program running in a client computer and a server application program running in a server computer, the computer readable program code means in the computer program product comprising: computer readable program code means for providing a socket application program interface to an application layer program; computer readable program code means for providing encrypted information to transport protocol layer services; computer readable program code means for encrypting information received from an application layer program; and computer readable program code means for decrypting information received from transport protocol layer services.
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