Ca, Inc.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

Nathan David Toone

Mikko Valimaki

John Lyman Ahlander

J Michael Fonnesbeck

Winfield Scott Kiester

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy authentication using custom headers. In one embodiment, a method may include authenticating an HTTP session of a client, generating an authentication token that identifies the authenticated HTTP session, sending and intercepting an HTTP response with a custom header that includes the authentication token, caching the authentication token, intercepting one or more HTTP requests, adding the custom header that includes the authentication token to the HTTP requests, sending and intercepting the HTTP requests with the custom header that includes the authentication token, and, in response to intercepting at the proxy the custom header that includes the authentication token with the one or more HTTP requests, sending the one or more HTTP requests to one or more servers according to a policy corresponding to the authenticated HTTP session.

HTTP proxy authentication using custom headers

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically rating Internet content. A computer receives an indication that at least one URL is available to be rated and that resources (e.g., a content rater) are available for rating the URL. The computer selects a URL, which identifies a portion of Internet content, and transfers the URL to at least two different content classifiers. The computer accesses first rating data corresponding to the identified portion of Internet from a first content classifier. The computer accesses second rating data corresponding to the identified portion of Internet from a second content classifier. The computer combines at least the first rating data and the second rating data into a combined rating corresponding to a specified content category. The computer indicates that the identified portion of Internet content is included in the specified content category.

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Nathan David Toone