Tunneling non-HTTP traffic through a reverse proxy
US8719436B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for tunneling non-hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) data streams through a reverse proxy. The method can include soliciting a connection with a reverse proxy protecting a back-end server computing device. A connection can be established with the back-end server computing device via the reverse proxy through the solicitation. Responsive to establishing the connection, the connection can be maintained in order to exchange non-HTTP data over the secured connection. Significantly, and unlike prior art HTTP tunneling implementations, in the present invention, the non-HTTP data can be exchanged over the connection without encapsulating the non-HTTP data within HTTP messages.
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