US Patent 7877507 Tunneling SSL over SSH

Patent 7877507 was granted and assigned to Red Hat on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Red Hat

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

78775070

Patent Inventor Names

James P. Schneider0

Date of Patent

January 25, 2011

Patent Application Number

120729320

Date Filed

February 29, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Van Thu Nguyen

Patent abstract

A system and method for enabling single-socket server applications to receive information via multiple ports. In one embodiment, a system includes a network tunnel configured to receive traffic at a first port of an application server and to communicate the received traffic to a second port of the application server. The system further includes a single-socket application, coupled to the second port of the application server, to monitor for incoming traffic at the second port, and to receive the traffic destined for the first port and communicated to the second port via the network tunnel.