Patent attributes
An example method for file sharing over secure connections comprises: establishing a secure client connection; receiving a client request identifying a file residing on the file sharing host; transmitting an identifier and a parameter of the secure client connection via a management connection to the file sharing host; receiving a host request to establish a secure host connection, the host request comprising the identifier of the secure client connection; establishing the secure host connection using the parameter of the secure client connection identified by the received identifier; forwarding, over the secure host connection, a first data packet received over the secure client connection, the first data packet comprising at least part of the client request; and forwarding, over the secure client connection, a second data packet received over the secure host connection, the second data packet comprising at least part of the file identified by the client request.
