US Patent 7356846 Unilateral session key shifting

A system and method that facilitate secure communication employing dialog session keys that can be shifted unilaterally is provided. A key exchange key can further be employed to encrypt and/or decrypt the dialog session keys that are used to encrypt and/or decrypt message(s) that form a dialog between services. For example, the key exchange key can be unique to a service pair, while a first dialog session key is unique to message(s) originated by a first service, and, a second dialog session key is unique to message(s) originated by a second service.