A PERSISTENT AND RELIABLE SESSION SECURELY TRAVERSING NETWORK COMPONENTS USING AN ENCAPSULATING PROTOCOL

摘要

The invention relates to systems and methods for reestablishing client communications by securely traversing network components using an encapsulating communication protocol to provide session persistence and reliability. A first protocol that encapsulates a plurality of secondary protocols is used to communicate over a network to provide session persistence and a reliable connection between a client and a host service via a first protocol service. A ticket authority generates a first ticket and a second ticket associated with the client. The first ticket is provided to the client and the client uses the first ticket to establish a communication session with the first protocol service. The second ticket is provided to the first protocol service and the first protocol service uses the second ticket to establish a communication session with the host service.