Techniques to prime a stateful request-and-response communication channel

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor circuit on a device;

a reception component operative on the processor circuit to receive a priming message including a request for data from a client using a stateless network protocol, to establish a stateful communication channel to the client after the priming message is received, and to transmit a response to the priming message over the stateful communication channel to the client;

a precomputation component operative on the processor circuit to determine the response by fetching stored data in response to the reception of the priming message from the client, the precomputation component operative to store the determined response in a cache; and

a response component operative on the processor circuit to retrieve the determined response from the cache in response to the reception component establishing the stateful communication channel and to transmit the determined response to the reception component for transmission to the client.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the stateless network protocol comprising a user datagram protocol (UDP).

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , the stateful communication channel comprising a transmission control protocol (TCP) channel.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , the reception component operative to receive a request message from the client over the stateful communication channel, the response component operative to verify that the request message corresponds to the priming message prior to transmitting the response to the reception component.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , the request message comprising a request key section and a request data section, the request key section encrypted using an asymmetric encryption key and comprising a symmetric encryption key, and the request data section encrypted using the symmetric encryption key.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , the priming message comprising a priming key section and a priming data section, the priming key section encrypted using an asymmetric encryption key and comprising a symmetric encryption key, and the priming data section encrypted using the symmetric encryption key.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , the priming message encrypted using a first symmetric encryption key, the response encrypted using the first symmetric key and comprising a second symmetric encryption key.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , the reception component operative to receive a second priming message from the client, the second priming message encrypted according to the second symmetric encryption key.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a priming message from a client using a stateless network protocol, the priming message including a request for data;

determining a response to the priming message by fetching stored data using a precomputation component;

storing the determined response in a cache;

establishing a stateful communication channel to the client after the priming message is received;

retrieving the determined response from the cache after establishment of the stateful communication channel; and

transmitting the determined response over the stateful communication channel to the client.

10. The method of claim 9 , the stateless network protocol comprising a user datagram protocol (UDP), the stateful communication channel comprising a transmission control protocol (TCP) channel.

11. The method of claim 9 , comprising:

receiving a request message from the client over the stateful communication channel;

verifying that the request message corresponds to the priming message; and

transmitting the response to the client in response to verifying that the request message.

12. The method of claim 11 , the priming message comprising a priming key section and a priming data section, the priming key section encrypted using an asymmetric encryption key and comprising a symmetric encryption key, the priming data section encrypted using the symmetric encryption key, the request message comprising a request key section and a request data section, the request key section encrypted using an asymmetric encryption key and comprising a symmetric encryption key, and the request data section encrypted using the symmetric encryption key.

13. The method of claim 9 , the priming message encrypted using a first symmetric encryption key, the response encrypted using the first symmetric key and comprising a second symmetric encryption key, a second priming message encrypted according to a second symmetric encryption key, comprising:

receiving the second priming message from the client.

14. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

receive a priming message from a client using a stateless network protocol, the priming message including a request for data;

determine a response to the priming message by fetching stored data using a precomputation component;

storing the determined response in a cache;

establish a stateful communication channel to the client after the priming message is received;

retrieving the determined response from the cache after establishment of the stateful communication channel;

receive a request message from the client over the stateful communication channel;

verify that the request message corresponds to the priming message; and

transmit the determined response over the stateful communication channel to the client.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the stateless network protocol comprising a user datagram protocol (UDP), the stateful communication channel comprising a transmission control protocol (TCP) channel.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the priming message comprising a priming key section and a priming data section, the priming key section encrypted using an asymmetric encryption key and comprising a symmetric encryption key, the priming data section encrypted using the symmetric encryption key, the request message comprising a request key section and a request data section, the request key section encrypted using an asymmetric encryption key and comprising a symmetric encryption key, and the request data section encrypted using the symmetric encryption key.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the priming message encrypted using a first symmetric encryption key, the response encrypted using the first symmetric key and comprising a second symmetric encryption key, a second priming message encrypted according to a second symmetric encryption key, comprising further instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:

receive the second priming message from the client.