Patents by Inventor Thor John Lancelot Simon

Thor John Lancelot Simon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Enabling secure communication in a clustered or distributed architecture
    Patent number: 7028183
    Abstract: Techniques for enhancing security in networking environments, whereby a cryptographic node negotiates a set of security parameters (a “security association”) with an end node, on behalf of a routing node (an “edge router”), and then securely distributes the negotiated security parameters to the edge router and/or to other edge routers in the network. The disclosed negotiation techniques allow the end node to physically move during the negotiation, yet still establish the security association, and the secure distribution enables the end node to move seamlessly through the network yet continue communicating securely. The disclosed techniques may also be used advantageously in other environments, such as clustered server environments, and allow an end node to communicate with multiple routing or server nodes for a variety of reasons (for example, during a hot-swap to a different server during fail-over or as a result of load balancing).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Thor John Lancelot Simon, Alain Franck Gefflaut, Philippe Alain Pierre Joubert, Sandeep Kishan Singhal, Richard Kent Neves
  • Enabling secure communication in a clustered or distributed architecture
    Publication number: 20030093691
    Abstract: Techniques for enhancing security in networking environments, whereby a cryptographic node negotiates a set of security parameters (a “security association”) with an end node, on behalf of a routing node (an “edge router”), and then securely distributes the negotiated security parameters to the edge router and/or to other edge routers in the network. The disclosed negotiation techniques allow the end node to physically move during the negotiation, yet still establish the security association, and the secure distribution enables the end node to move seamlessly through the network yet continue communicating securely. The disclosed techniques may also be used advantageously in other environments, such as clustered server environments, and allow an end node to communicate with multiple routing or server nodes for a variety of reasons (for example, during a hot-swap to a different server during fail-over or as a result of load balancing).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: ReefEdge, Inc., a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Thor John Lancelot Simon, Alain Franck Gefflaut, Philippe Alain Pierre Joubert, Sandeep Kishan Singhal, Richard Kent Neves