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Atomic session-start operation combining clear-text and encrypted sessions to provide ID visibility to middleware such as load-balancers

  • US 7,861,075 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2004
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of server devices configured to service data requests originating from a network of clients; and

    a load balancer device configured to;

    determine, from a received data request containing a secure session ID and including a reference to an encrypted component embedded on a product-information web page, which of the plurality of server devices to assign to process secure requests, anddetermine, from received data requests containing a server assignment indicator, which of the plurality of server devices to assign to process requests for non-secured data, wherein the load-balancer device comprises a session table storing a plurality of stored encrypted-session identifiers for comparison with the secure session ID, and wherein entries in the session table include a session identifier for an encrypted session and a server identifier that identifies an assigned server device in the plurality of server devices.

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