Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for mitigating a denial of service attack. A system for mitigating a denial of service attack may include a network module, a storage module, and a processor module. The network module may be operable to receive a request from a network device to establish a data connection between the network device and a server based on a determination that the network device is trusted. The storage module may be operable to store a whitelist associated with a plurality of trusted network devices. The processor module may be operable to determine that the network device is trusted. Based on the determination, the processor module may associate the network device with the whitelist for a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein. An exemplary servicing node may include: an interface to a data network, the interface coupled to an object machine; and the object machine, the object machine: receiving a data packet from the data network using the network interface, the data packet comprising at least one of a destination address, a destination port number, and an application protocol; determining a condition associated with the at least one of the destination address, the destination port number, and the application protocol; identifying a program name using the condition; executing a program using a name table, the name table linking each of a plurality of program names to a respective program, the executing comprising getting an instruction of the program, the instruction including object information.

Abstract: Facilitation of secure network traffic over an application session by an application delivery controller is provided herein. A method for secure network traffic transmission over an application session may include receiving, from a client device, a SYN data packet intended for an application server. The method may continue with determining, based on the SYN data packet, that the client device is a trusted source. The method may further include transmitting, based on the determination that the client device is the trusted source, a SYN/ACK packet to the client device. The SYN/ACK packet may include information for the client device to authenticate the client device to the application server directly as the trusted source.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for dynamically distributing a service session from a client device. The method may commence with receiving a packet associated with the service session from the client device by a gateway node. The method may include determining that the packet matches a service address in a forwarding policy. The method may continue with selecting one of a plurality of forwarding nodes for sending the packet to the one of the plurality of forwarding nodes. The method may include receiving the packet of the service session by the one of the plurality of forwarding nodes. The method may continue with determining that the packet matches the service address serviced by a servicing node of a plurality of servicing nodes. The method may further include sending the packet to the servicing node for forwarding the packet to a server by the servicing node.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for processing data packets in a data network using a policy-based network path. The method may commence with receiving the data packet associated with a service session from a client. The method may continue with determining data packet information associated with the data packet. The method may further include determining the policy-based network path for the data packet based on the data packet information and one or more packet processing criteria. The method may continue with routing, based on the determination of the policy-based network path, the data packet along the policy-based network path.

Abstract: Decreasing a volume of data transfer over a network may commence with collecting a plurality of datasets having subscriber data. The method may continue with classifying data fields of each dataset of the plurality of datasets into low frequency change data and high frequency change data based on predetermined criteria. The method may further include combining a plurality of consecutive datasets of the plurality of datasets into a combination dataset. The combination dataset may include the low frequency change data and aggregated high frequency change data from the plurality of consecutive datasets. The method may continue with providing the combination dataset to a data processing node.

Abstract: Decreasing data transfer over a network may commence with collecting subscriber data. The method may continue with classifying the subscriber data into low frequency change data and high frequency change data based on predetermined criteria. The method may include storing the low frequency change data to a data storage. The method may continue with generating reporting data. The reporting data may include the high frequency change data and at least one data index pointer to the low frequency change data in the data storage. The method may further include providing the reporting data to a data processing node. The low frequency change data may include subscriber identifying data. The data reporting node may be further configured to obfuscate the subscriber identifying data. The at least one data index pointer may include a secure data identifier associated with the obfuscated subscriber identifying data.

Abstract: Network access control systems and methods are provided herein. A method includes receiving at a network device a SYN packet from a client device over a network, determining if the client device is a trusted source for the network using the SYN packet, if the client device is a trusted resource, receiving an acknowledgement (ACK) packet from the client device that includes identifying information for the client device plus an additional value, and identifying information for the network device, and establishing a connection with the network for the client device.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments for configuring a network device using user-defined scripts are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for a servicing node to receive a request for a network session between a client device and a server, receive a user defined class and a user defined object configuration from a node controller, and use the information to instruct an object virtual machine to generate at least one user defined object. The servicing node can then apply the at least one user defined object to a data packet of the network session, where the user defined object allows a user to configure the network device with user-defined instruction scripts.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for eliminating a redirection of data traffic in a cluster. An example method may include receiving, by one or more nodes of the cluster, a data packet associated with a service session. The method may include determining, by the node, that the data packet is directed to a further node in the cluster. The method may further include, in response to the determination, acquiring, by the node, a session context associated with the service session. Acquiring the session context may include sending, by the node, a request for the session context to the further node and receiving the session context from the further node. The method may further include processing, by the one or more nodes, the data packet based on the session context.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for configuring a network device with user-defined instruction scripts. The method may commence with receiving a request for a network session between a client device and a server. The method may further include receiving a user-defined class and a user-defined object configuration. The user-defined class and the user-defined object configuration may include the user-defined instruction scripts provided by a user of the client device. The method may further include instructing an object virtual machine to generate at least one user-defined object based on the user-defined class and the user-defined object configuration. The method may continue with instructing an object virtual machine to generate at least one user-defined object based on the user-defined class and the user-defined object configuration.

Abstract: Facilitation of secure network traffic by an application delivery controller is provided herein. In some examples, a method includes: (a) receiving a data packet with information from a client indicating that the client is a trusted source; (b) embedding in the data packet a transmission control protocol (TCP) options header, the TCP options header comprising information including at least a sequence number for a protocol connection; and (c) forwarding the embedded data packet to a server.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for balancing servers based on a server load status. A method for balancing servers based on a server load status may commence with receiving, from a server of a plurality of servers, a service response to a service request. The service response may include a computing load of the server. The method may continue with receiving a next service request from a host. The method may further include determining, based on the computing load of the server, whether the server is available to process the next service request. The method may include selectively sending the next service request to the server based on the determination that the server is available to process the next service request.

Abstract: Facilitation of secure network traffic over an application session by an application delivery controller is provided herein. In some examples, a network device receives a TCP SYN packet from a client device, to establish a TCP connection. The network device transmits a SYN/ACK packet to the client device, including a SYN cookie with identifying information to authenticate the client device to the application as a trusted source for the network. The client device then returns an ACK packet directly to the application server to establish the TCP connection.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for application aware fastpath processing over a data network. In some examples, application fastpath operates to facilitate application specific fastpath processing of data packets transferred between a client device and a server device over a network session of a data network.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for distributing service sessions from a client device in a service data network. A packet of the service session is received by a forwarding node. The forwarding node determines whether the packet matches a service address associated with the service session. Responsive to the determining, a servicing node associated with the service address is selected based on a forwarding policy. The packet is sent to the selected servicing node. The servicing node determines whether the packet is a service request packet. A server is selected based on a service policy, wherein the server is configured to serve the service session. The packet is sent to the server. Before being received by a forwarding node, the packet is received by a gateway node. The gateway node determines whether the packet matches the service address and selects the forwarding node based on a notification.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for implementing a distributed database in a data network. The method comprises receiving node data associated with one or more nodes of a plurality of nodes, updating the distributed database and replicating the distributed database to each of the plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes comprises one or more cluster device, a cluster master, a traffic classification engine, a service node, and an orchestrator. The node data comprises node health, a number of total connections, node processing unit utilization, node memory status, destination server address, destination server capacity, destination server network connectivity, node dynamic state, node responsiveness. The distributed database comprises tables containing traffic map, node health information, traffic classification mapping, and service policy.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for processing data packets in a data network using a policy based network path. A policy enforcing point receives a data packet associated with a service session and routes it toward its destination along a network path which is determined according to data packet information and one or more packet processing criteria. The data packet information may include one or more of information associated with the packet, information associated with prior packets, and information obtained from a network computer. The network path may be selected from a database of network paths. The network path may include an order list of further policy enforcing points and corresponding network application appliances. The policy enforcing point may generate a new data packet based on the data packet and the policy based network path and send the new data packet to a next policy enforcing point.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments for programming a network device using user-defined scripts are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for a servicing node to receive a request for a network session between a client device and a server, receive a user defined class and a user defined object configuration from a node controller, and use the information to instruct an object virtual machine to generate at least one user defined object. The servicing node can then apply the at least one user defined object to a data packet of the network session, where the user defined object allows a user to configure the network device with user-defined instruction scripts.

Abstract: Methods and systems for synchronization of configuration files of a plurality of blades in a virtual application distribution chassis are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a master blade processes a configuration command, updates a first configuration file with the configuration command and generates an updated tag, and sends a configuration message to at least one slave blade of the virtual application distribution chassis informing of the updated configuration file. The configuration message is received by a given slave blade of the one or more slave blades and compared with a second configuration file stored at the given slave blade; and in response to determining that the updated tag in the configuration message is more recent than the tag in the second configuration file stored at the given slave blade, the slave blade sends a request for the updated configuration file to the master blade.