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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Prashanth Patil, Bangalore, IN;
Tirumaleswar Reddy, Bangalore, IN;
Daniel G. Wing, San Jose, CA (US);
James Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A first service node receives a message configured to set up a secure communication session between a client and a server, in which the first service node acts as a proxy. Data packets in the secure communication session are subject to multiple service functions that require decryption of the data packets. A service function chain assigns a service node to each of the service functions. A service header is generated including metadata instructing the service nodes other than the first service node not to act as proxies in the secure communication session. The message and the service header are transmitted to a second service node in the service function chain.