Patent ID: 9491218
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining by an intermediary a maximum segment size (MSS), the method comprising: (a) identifying, by a device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, a plurality of services operating on the plurality of servers, wherein the plurality of services are executed on different servers of the plurality of servers; (b) identifying, by the device, for the plurality of services, a plurality of different maximum segment sizes used for transport layer connections established between the device and the plurality of services and advertised by the plurality of services to the device; (c) selecting, by the device, a maximum segment size (MSS) from the plurality of different maximum segment sizes advertised by the plurality of services to the device; (d) receiving, by the device, a request from a client to establish a transport layer connection with a service of the plurality of services; and (e) communicating, by the device responsive to receiving the request from the client, the selected MSS as the MSS of the service for the requested transport layer connection.