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Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

May. 18, 2016
Applicants:

Patrick Foxhoven, San Jose, CA (US);

John A. Chanak, Saratoga, CA (US);

William Fehring, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Denzil Wessels, San Jose, CA (US);

Purvi Desai, Cupertino, CA (US);

Manoj Apte, San Jose, CA (US);

Sudhindra P. Herle, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Foxhoven, San Jose, CA (US);

John A. Chanak, Saratoga, CA (US);

William Fehring, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Denzil Wessels, San Jose, CA (US);

Purvi Desai, Cupertino, CA (US);

Manoj Apte, San Jose, CA (US);

Sudhindra P. Herle, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/1021 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01);
Abstract

A virtual private access method implemented by a cloud system, includes receiving a request to access resources from a user device, wherein the resources are located in one of a public cloud and an enterprise network and the user device is remote therefrom on the Internet; forwarding the request to a central authority for a policy look up and for a determination of connection information to make an associated secure connection through the cloud system to the resources; receiving the connection information from the central authority responsive to an authorized policy look up; and creating secure tunnels between the user device and the resources based on the connection information.


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