Implementing Multiple Channels over SSL

Multiple-Channel SSL (MC-SSL) is our model and protocol for the security of client-server communication. In contrast to SSL, MC-SSL can securely provide applications with multiple channels, and each of them can have a specific cipher suite and a various number of application proxies; meanwhile, the channel negotiation and operation in MC-SSL are still based on SSL, which needs a small change in order to support multiple cipher suites. In this paper, we first introduce the multiple-channel model of MC-SSL, and then focus on the design and implementation of multiple channels over SSL, especially multi-hop proxy channels and secondary channels.