Riverbed Technology, Inc.

Internap Network Services Corporation

Charles Fraleigh

Steven McCanne

Nitin Gupta

Daniel McKernan

Jeremy Johnson

Eric Klinker

Case Larsen

Paras Suresh Shah

Shashidhar Merugu

Oleg Smolsky

Gordon Chaffee

Eric Ogren

A local network traffic processor and an application are resident on a common computer system. The application is configured to trust a server certificate issued by a local network traffic processor, the local network traffic processor operatively being paired with a remote network traffic processor. A proxy server certificate, generated using identification information of a server associated with the remote network traffic processor and signed by the local certification authority, is used to establish a secure session between a local network traffic processor and the application.

Methods and systems for secure communications using a local certification authority

The present invention provides for a system and method for data network control. Using a flow control system, embodiments of the present invention can analyze traffic flow volume and performance, incorporate usage, billing, and cost control data to yield an improved data network controller. Efficiency in data routing is improved while costs are decreased by enabling the selection of the optimal performance data route. Cost constraints and costs are minimized for an overall data load. Given a diverse set of cost structures for available transit providers, the overall system cost can be minimized by distributing traffic in a manner that takes advantage of the diverse billing structures and yet maintains acceptable performance levels. Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the present invention determine projected flow performance and projected flow volume in relation to the available bandwidth and marginal cost to a destination provider.

Data network controller

Growing community of inventors

Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Charles Fraleigh