Patent ID: 7873707

Claim:
A method, comprising: a client sending an initial request for content to a reverse proxy connected to one or more intranet servers configured to serve the content; in response to sending the initial request, receiving from the reverse proxy, data usable to implement a client-side URL rewriter, wherein the URL rewriter is operable to act as a client proxy for requests directed to any of the one or more intranet servers; the client sending a request for content to the client-side URL rewriter, wherein the request for content comprises a URL identifying one of the intranet servers; the client-side URL rewriter rewriting the URL, wherein the rewritten URL identifies the reverse proxy; the client-side URL rewriter sending a redirect response code with the rewritten URL back to the same client that sent the request to the client-side URL rewriter; and in response to receiving the rewritten URL and redirect response code, the same client redirecting the request for content to the reverse proxy indicated by the rewritten URL, wherein the redirected request is not sent to the URL rewriter.