Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Symantec Corporation

Darrell Long

Thomas J Kelly

Kevin Porter

Marcin Lizon

Eric Maki

Jennifer Vance

Kim Tremblay

Wei Lu

Ronald A Frederick

Jamshid Mahdavi

Doug Moen

Lee Thomas Dolsen

Dharmendra Mohan

Samuel H McLane

A policy distribution server provides, on a subscription basis, policy updates to effect desired behaviors of network intermediary devices. The policy updates may specify caching policies, and may in some instances, include instructions for data collection by the network intermediary devices. Data collected in accordance with such instructions may be used to inform future policy updates distributed to the network intermediary devices.

System and method for distributing heuristics to network intermediary devices

A cache logically disposed in a communication path between a client and a server receives a request for a content item and, in response thereto, requests from the server header information concerning the content item and an initial portion of data that makes up the content item. The cache then computes a first hashing value from the header information and a second hashing value from the initial portion of data. A content identifier is created by combining the first hashing value and the second hashing value. Using the content identifier, the cache determines whether a copy of the content item is stored by the cache; and, if so provides same to the client. Otherwise, the cache requests the content item from the server and, upon receipt thereof, provides it to the client.

Content associative caching method for web applications

A host computer system is categorized according to uniform resource locator (URL) information extracted from a digital certificate purportedly associated with said host. Thereafter, a secure communication session (e.g., an SSL session) with said host may be granted or denied according to results of the categorizing. If granted, messages associated with the secure session may be tunneled through a proxy without decryption, or, in some cases, even though the secure communication session was authorized messages may be decrypted at the proxy.

Methods and systems for obtaining URL filtering information

A first computer-based device is authenticated at a second computer-based device communicatively coupled thereto through use of a unique identifier and an encrypted token, each received from the first device. Following the authentication, configuration information for the first device is sent from the second device to the first device and the first device is authorized to join a network that includes the second device. Further, permissions related to the network may be granted to the first device.

Method and system for automated authentication of a device to a management node of a computer network

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