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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Kevin Shatzkamer, New York, NY (US);
Anand K. Oswal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chris O'rourke, Apex, NC (US);
Mark Grayson, Maidenhead, GB;
Jayaraman Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin Shatzkamer, New York, NY (US);
Anand K. Oswal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chris O'Rourke, Apex, NC (US);
Mark Grayson, Maidenhead, GB;
Jayaraman Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for facilitating persistent communications between entities in a network. In a specific embodiment, the system is adapted to facilitate fast reauthentication of a client performed by a server, such as an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server, that is coupled to the client via a load balancer. The system includes a first message to be exchanged between the server and the client, wherein the first message includes a field identifying the server and/or the client. A matching module communicates with or is otherwise incorporated within the load balancer. The matching module includes one or more routines for employing the field to selectively route the first message to the client and/or server. In a more specific embodiment, the server a fast reauthentication module adapted to append the field in the message. The field includes sub-realm information identifying the server.