METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE LOCATOR IDENTIFIER REWRITE

摘要

A method for resource locator identifier rewrite in which a network security proxy insures that a resource locator identifier of a response indicates a resource access protocol that should govern a corresponding request. A security device receives from a resource host over a non-secure hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) session a response to a request received from a client over a secure HTTP session. The response includes a uniform resource locator (URL) that is supposed to be for a resource host, but the URL does not designate a secure resource access protocol and the resource host requires the secure resource access protocol. The URL is located in the response and modified to designate the secure resource access protocol. After modification, the response is transmitted via the secure resource access protocol session to the client.