Patent ID: 8935399
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a cookie via a device comprising a plurality of cores, the method comprising: (a) establishing, by a device comprising a plurality of cores and intermediary to a plurality of a clients and one or more servers, a named policy identifying a predetermined threshold of a server of the one or more servers upon which a client's request to access the server is deferred and a predetermined amount of time to defer client's requests, the policy associated with a named virtual server executing on the device to manage access to the one or more servers; (b) generating, by a first core of the plurality of cores, a first identifier for the association of the policy to the virtual server, the first identifier based on the name of the virtual server; (c) determining, by a second core of the plurality of cores responsive to a request from a client to access the server, that the server has exceeded the predetermined threshold of the policy; and (d) transmitting, by the second core responsive to the determination, a communication to the client identifying an amount of time that the request is deferred, the communication comprising a cookie identifying the first identifier, and a second identifier for the policy, the second identifier generated by the second core based on the name of the policy.