In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a first session between a first computing device and a second computing device, when the first computing device does not have connectivity to a credential manager; proxying a request to the credential manager from the second computing device on behalf of the first computing device and receive in the second computing device a first keyless ticket encrypted to the first device and a second keyless ticket encrypted to the second device; providing the second keyless ticket from the second computing device to the first computing device; and enabling communication between the first and second computing devices according to the first and second keyless tickets. Other embodiments are described and claimed.