Patent ID: 8701163
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically generating cache directives for an authorization policy, comprising: receiving a request for an authorization decision, the request having been generated as a result of receipt, at a proxy, of a client request; determining an authorization policy to apply to the client request; based on the determination of the authorization policy and other information, determining a decision and a cache directive to apply to the request for authorization decision, the cache directive being selected from a set of cache directives, the set of cache directives having been generated in advance of receiving the request by analyzing the authorization policy to determine a potential for cacheability of a particular authorization decision; and returning to the proxy, in response to the request for the authorization decision, the decision and the cache directive, the decision for use at the proxy to respond to the client request, the cache directive for use at the proxy for re-use with respect to a subsequent request for the authorization decision.