Abstract: An inline network traffic monitor is deployed inline between two endpoints of a computer network. A particular endpoint of the two endpoints works in conjunction with the inline network traffic monitor to decrypt encrypted network traffic transmitted between the two endpoints. A series of Change Cipher Spec (CCS) messages is exchanged between the inline network traffic monitor and the particular endpoint during a Transport Layer Security (TLS) handshake between the two endpoints. The series of CCS messages allows the particular endpoint and the inline network traffic monitor to detect each other on the computer network. After detecting each other's presence, the particular endpoint sends the inline network traffic monitor a session key that is used by the two endpoints to encrypt their network traffic. The inline network traffic monitor uses the session key to decrypt encrypted data of the network traffic transmitted between the two endpoints.

Abstract: Network attacks are detected by a protocol engine that works in conjunction with one or more streaming protocol analyzers. The protocol engine receives network packets over a computer network and generates metadata of the network packets. The metadata are placed in a transport envelope, which is streamed over the computer network. The transport envelope is received over the computer network. After receiving the transport envelope over the computer network, the metadata are extracted from the transport envelope and provided to the one or more streaming protocol analyzers, which analyze the metadata to detect network attacks.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing security credentials for a user to access and subsequently use in secure on-line transactions begins when a service provider generates a registration secret for a user in response to a registration request. The registration request identifies user information of a particular user. Before a registration request can be provided to the service provider, the user must establish a relationship with the service provider. Having generated the registration secret, the service provider stores a user identifying secret, which includes the initialization data, the user information, the registration secret, and/or a security name in a mapping repository. The service provider provides the registration secret to the user in a trustworthy manner. Sometime thereafter, the user provides an on-line initialization request for the initialization data, where the initialization request is encoded based on at least a part of the user identifying secret.