Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for load balancing over a cluster of authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) servers
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Application No.: US15686728Application Date: 2017-08-25
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Publication No.: US10673938B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Amir Peles
- Applicant: RADWARE, LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Tel Aviv
- Assignee: RADWARE, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RADWARE, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Tel Aviv
- Agency: M&B IP Analysts, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; H04L12/801 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method and system for load balancing over a cluster of authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) servers. The method performs a distribution of AAA requests among AAA servers having an active AAA connection with an AAA client. The method includes establishing TCP connections with a plurality of AAA servers, using a TCP connection request received from at least one AAA client; opening AAA connections with a plurality of AAA servers, using an AAA connection request received from at least one AAA client, and distributing AAA requests to AAA servers with an active AAA connection according to a predefined load balancing algorithm. The method is further capable of multiplexing outbound messages and requests received from a plurality of AAA servers. The AAA protocol supported by the method includes, but is not limited to, a Diameter protocol, a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP), and the likes.
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