System and method for maintaining access to content in an encrypted network environment
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorPeter Tenereillo
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Abstract
A system of redirecting encrypted requests for content at a web site includes the steps of receiving, at a first web site, data enabling secure communication with a client, receiving, at the first web site, a request for content from the client, identifying an alternate web site to service the request from the client and forwarding a communication associated with the request to the alternate web site including forwarding the data enabling secure communication to the alternative web site. Such an arrangement allows a web site to communicate with a client using encrypted packets without having previously set up a tunneled connection, thereby aiding in disaster recovery and providing a facilitating client proximity detection when traffic is encrypted.
Claims9
A method of redirecting encrypted requests for content at a web site includes the steps of:
- receiving, at a first web site, data enabling secure communication with a client;
- receiving, at the first web site, a request for content from the client;
- identifying an alternate web site to service the request for content;
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- forwarding the request for content to the alternate web site including forwarding the data enabling secure communication to the alternate web site.
A method for disaster recover in a network wherein content is mirrored and traffic is encrypted includes the steps of:
- establishing, at a first data center, a secure communication path with a client;
- determining that content at the first data center is unavailable;
- responsive to a request from the client for the content, forwarding the request to a second data center that mirrors the content, including forwarding data enabling secure communication with the client.
A data center storing a plurality of resources, the data center comprising:
- a table for storing, for at least one resource, an address of an alternate data center storing a copy of the resource;
- an interface for establishing a secure communication path with a client device;
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- a storage mechanism for storing data enabling secure communication with the client device;
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- means for forwarding the data enabling secure communication with the client device to the alternate data center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.