Patent ID: 8533453

Claim:
A system, comprising: one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and running: A) a content request receiving module configured to: i) receive a request for a website content; and ii) search a header of said request for a header parameter indicating that said request requires transmission of one or more encrypted data and B) a server configuration module configured, responsive to a determination that said request requires transmission of said one or more encrypted data, to: i) extrapolate, from said header, an internet protocol address for one or more backend application server computers communicatively coupled to said network and hosting said website content; ii) search a database communicatively coupled to said network for one or more server configuration data, said one or more server configuration data: a) being stored in said database in association with said internet protocol address; and b) comprising one or more server configuration parameters for configuring said one or more server computers to request said one or more encrypted data via one or more secure network protocols; and iii) responsive to locating, in said database, said one or more server configuration data: a) generate a dynamic server configuration template for configuring said one or more server computers to request said one or more encrypted data via said one or more secure network protocols; b) load said one or more server configuration parameters into said dynamic server configuration template; and c) forward said request to said internet protocol address for said one or more backend application server computers without requiring a restart of said one or more server computers.