Patent ID: 8700892

Claim:
A traffic management device for managing network traffic between a client device and a plurality of server devices, comprising: a transceiver to send and receive data over a network; and a processor, in communication with the transceiver, that performs actions, including: obtaining a key associated with an encrypted first connection between the client device and an authentication server device, wherein the encrypted first connection is established using a two-way authentication between the client device and the authentication server device; intercepting a message sent from the client device toward the authentication server device over the encrypted first connection; performing an analysis of the intercepted message based on the key; and selectively forwarding the intercepted message toward a determined server device based on the analysis, using a second connection between the traffic management device and the determined server device that is separate from communication with the authentication server device, while the encrypted first connection is actively maintained between the client device and the authentication server device.