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Method and apparatus for optimizing hypertext transfer protocol (“HTTP”) uniform resource locator (“URL”) filtering service

  • US 9,602,469 B2
  • Filed: 12/09/2015
  • Issued: 03/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of handling hyper-text transfer protocol (“

  • HTTP”

    ) requests from client devices, said method comprising;

    receiving an HTTP request from a client device to connect to a destination server;

    extracting a plurality of HTTP headers from said HTTP request using a gateway device to create a subset;

    forwarding said subset to an external security device from said gateway device, said subset usable for policy processing using said request;

    based on a received result of said policy processing, transmitting said client request for receipt by destination server; and

    configuring said gateway device to control a number of connections with said external security device.

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