Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Karr

Ronald J. Karr 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).

  • Method, apparatus, and manufacture for decryption of network traffic in a secure session
    Patent number: 7904717
    Abstract: A network trace utility is provided. The network trace utility receives and copies packets in a secure session of (at least) two-way network communication between a client and a server. The network trace utility receives an administrator password, and uses a hash of the administrator password to decrypt the first session key. The network trace utility then decrypts one or more additional session keys, each one using the preceding session key. Then, the network trace utility decrypts the machine key using one of the session keys. A hash of the machine key is used to decrypt additional packets in the secure session. The network trace utility enables the contents of one or more additional packets in the secure session to be displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Mark Pilant, Mark C. Terranova, Ronald J. Karr
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURE FOR DECRYPTION OF NETWORK TRAFFIC IN A SECURE SESSION
    Publication number: 20080320302
    Abstract: A network trace utility is provided. The network trace utility receives and copies packets in a secure session of (at least) two-way network communication between a client and a server. The network trace utility receives an administrator password, and uses a hash of the administrator password to decrypt the first session key. The network trace utility then decrypts one or more additional session keys, each one using the preceding session key. Then, the network trace utility decrypts the machine key using one of the session keys. A hash of the machine key is used to decrypt additional packets in the secure session. The network trace utility enables the contents of one or more additional packets in the secure session to be displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Mark Pilant, Mark C. Terranova, Ronald J. Karr