Patent ID: 8432905
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, by geographically redundant network devices, a shared host name that identifies the geographically redundant network devices; storing, by each geographically redundant network device, an unshared host name that identifies each geographically redundant network device, respectively; receiving, by one of the geographically redundant network devices, one or more packets; determining, by the one of the geographically redundant network devices, a host name mapping for the one or more packets, based on at least one of a link on which the one or more packets are received, a user identifier associated with a user device from which the one or more packets originate, or a network domain associated with the user device; rewriting, by the one of the geographically redundant network devices, the one or more packets to include the shared host name corresponding to the host name mapping; and forwarding the one or more packets to another device.