METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING END-TO-END SECURITY SOLUTIONS AND PROTOCOL ACCELERATION OVER NETWORKS USING SELECTIVE LAYER ENCRYPTION

摘要

The present invention is a method, system, and computer program that provides secure network commtmication over a network between a first and a second entity [Fig 2] wherein data packets are encrypted and transmitted according to previously exchanged encryption command information and wherein TCP accelerators may be used to effectively accelerate the transmission of the data packets. A method, system, and computer program are also shown that provide secure network communication through encrypting a plurality of payloads and embedding encryption command information for each encrypted payload into an options field of a corresponding protocol header while still allowing TCP accelerators to read the protocol headers and effectively accelerate the transmission of the payloads [Fig 7].