Securing Internet Sessions with Sorbet
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Software Engineering Institute
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CMU/SEI-99-TN-002Abstract
More and more organizations are using intranets, and even the Internet, as the communications media for important data. However, such communications media are inherently insecure and subject to hijacking. To secure these connections, mechanisms must be built on top of the underlying communications facilities. In this paper, we discuss one such security mechanism and describe an implementation using common object request broker architecture (CORBA) -based interceptors.
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Long, F., Hissam, S., Seacord, R., & Robert, J. (1999, July 1). Securing Internet Sessions with Sorbet. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-99-TN-002). Retrieved August 16, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/securing-internet-sessions-with-sorbet/.
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author={Long, Fred and Hissam, Scott and Seacord, Robert and Robert, John},
title={Securing Internet Sessions with Sorbet},
month={Jul},
year={1999},
number={{CMU/SEI-99-TN-002},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/securing-internet-sessions-with-sorbet/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Aug-16}
}
Long, Fred, Scott Hissam, Robert Seacord, and John Robert. "Securing Internet Sessions with Sorbet." (CMU/SEI-99-TN-002). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, July 1, 1999. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/securing-internet-sessions-with-sorbet/.
F. Long, S. Hissam, R. Seacord, and J. Robert, "Securing Internet Sessions with Sorbet," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-99-TN-002, 1-Jul-1999 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/securing-internet-sessions-with-sorbet/. [Accessed: 16-Aug-2026].
Long, Fred, Scott Hissam, Robert Seacord, and John Robert. "Securing Internet Sessions with Sorbet." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-99-TN-002). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Jul. 1999. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/securing-internet-sessions-with-sorbet/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.
Long, Fred; Hissam, Scott; Seacord, Robert; & Robert, John. Securing Internet Sessions with Sorbet. CMU/SEI-99-TN-002. Software Engineering Institute. 1999. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/securing-internet-sessions-with-sorbet/