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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2021
Netskope, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Goldschlag, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Vadim Tarnavsky, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Eugene Sapp, St. Augustine, FL (US);
Victor Ronin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Netskope, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing policy-controlled communication over the Internet are provided. A system may include a client endpoint function configured to execute on a client device while coupled to a first VPN tunnel, a service endpoint function that operates a remote service of a plurality of remote services, and a mid-link server coupled to the first VPN tunnel and a second VPN tunnel. The client endpoint function may include a first VPN endpoint component, and the service endpoint function may include a second VPN endpoint component. The mid-link server may include a first VPN termination point that authenticates and terminates the first VPN tunnel and a second VPN termination point that authenticates and terminates the second VPN tunnel. The first VPN termination point may re-authenticate the client device based on a first characteristic of the first VPN endpoint component and/or a second characteristic of the second VPN endpoint component.