Patent ID: 9100365
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of validating a user for access to a web application, the method comprising: receiving from a web browser a request for access to the web application; in which the request comprises a web portal session cookie; at a first traffic manager, detecting the web portal session cookie provided in the request; when a web portal session cookie has been detected, checking the request for a cookie generated by the first traffic manager indicating authorization of the user to access the application; and when the cookie generated by the first traffic manager is found in the request, forwarding the request via an intermediate web server to a second traffic manager; in which the second traffic manager forwards the request to the application, wherein the application responds to the request forwarded by the second traffic manager with a response including one or more cookies generated by the application, and wherein the one or more cookies generated by the application are name-spaced and each name space corresponds to a different virtual server running on the first traffic manager.