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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2020
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Hendrikus G. P. Bosch, Aalsmeer, NL;
Alessandro Duminuco, Milan, IT;
Sape Jurriën Mullender, Amsterdam, NL;
Jeffrey Michael Napper, Delft, NL;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An identity provider (IdP) service interoperates with a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client. The IdP service receives a login request originating from the VPN client to establish a VPN tunnel between the VPN client and a VPN host, the login request indicating a user of the VPN client. The IdP service provides a response to the login request. The response includes at least both first information including an indication that the user of the VPN client is an authorized user and second information including an indication of a VPN policy for the VPN tunnel, the VPN policy including a VPN client policy to be utilized during the VPN tunnel by the VPN client and a VPN host policy to be utilized during the VPN tunnel by the VPN host.