SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE CHARSET ENCODING FOR DECODING A REQUEST SUBMISSION IN A GATEWAY

摘要

The systems and methods are disclosed for determining the charset encoding of a request submission intercepts by a gateway (105) to decode the request according to the charset. A gateway (105) receives a request from a client (101a,... / 10In) comprising encoded content, such as a url encoded request. The gateway (105) determines the application (110A,..., 110N) generating or associated with the request. Based on the determined application, the gateway identifies the character encoding scheme associated with or to be used for the application. The gateway (105) then decodes the portion of the request using the identified character encoding scheme and applies any rules or policies to the request. In some embodiments, the gateway operates as an application firewall or security control system that applies polices to encoded application network traffic to which it can decode according to the encoding scheme associated with each application.