Methods, systems and computer program products for enhanced security identity utilizing an SSL proxy

摘要

Methods, systems and computer program products are provided which communicate between client applications and a transaction server by establishing a persistent secure connection between the transaction server and a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) proxy server. A first session specific SSL connection, different from the persistent secure connection, is also established between a first client application and the SSL proxy server.Communications between the first client application and the SSL proxy server transmitted over the first session specific SSL connection are then forwarded with the client's identity preserved to the transaction server over the persistent secure connection. Furthermore, a second session specific SSL connection between a second client application and the SSL proxy server may also be established and the communications between the second client application and the SSL proxy server transmitted over the second session specific SSL connection are forwarded to the transaction server over the persistent secure connection. Preferably, the persistent secure connection is an SSL connection.