Patent ID: 8386637

Claim:
A system, comprising: a first initiation-side proxy and a second initiation-side proxy; the first initiation-side proxy comprising: a) one or more processors; b) a first network interface, for receiving information at the first initiation-side proxy; c) logic configured to receive, directly or indirectly via the first network interface, first connection setup information for a first connection being set up between a client and a server; and d) logic configured to send, to the second initiation-side proxy, second connection setup information, wherein the second connection setup information comprises at least a portion of the first connection setup information; and the second initiation-side proxy comprising: a) one or more processors; b) a second network interface, for receiving information at the second initiation-side proxy; c) logic configured to store the second connection setup information; and d) logic configured to receive, directly or indirectly via the second network interface: (1) connection setup response information, and (2) response-side proxy-identifying information that indicates the presence of a response-side proxy; and e) logic configured to forward, based at least in part on the stored second connection setup information, both the connection setup response information and the response-side proxy-identifying information from the second initiation-side proxy to the first initiation-side proxy; wherein the first initiation-side proxy further comprises logic configured to establish a second connection between the first initiation-side proxy and the response-side proxy based at least in part on the response-side proxy-identifying information and in response to receiving the connection setup response information.