SECURE DISTRIBUTION OF SESSION CREDENTIALS FROM CLIENT-SIDE TO SERVER-SIDE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DEVICES

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15356471

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A traffic management device (TMD), system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed to securely transferring session credentials from a client-side traffic management device (TMD) to a second server-side TMD that replaces a first server-side TMD. In one embodiment, a client-side TMD and the first server-side TMD have copies of secret data associated with an encrypted session between a client device and a server device, including a session key. For any of a variety of reasons, the first server-side TMD is replaced with the second server-side TMD, which may not have the secret data. In response to a request to create an encrypted connection associated with the encrypted session, the client-side TMD encrypts the secret data using the server device's public key and transmits the encrypted secret data to the second server-side TMD. If the second server-side TMD has a copy of the server device's private key, and is therefore considered to be an authentic and trusted TMD, the second sever-side TMD decrypts the secret data and participates in the encrypted connection.

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F5 NETWORKS INC801 5TH AVE SEATTLE WA 98104

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Bollay, Benn Sapin Seattle, US 13 459
Warren, Jeffrey Michael Seattle, US 3 60

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