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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Forcepoint Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence B. Huston, III, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
FORCEPOINT LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/56 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/56 (2022.05); H04L 63/0281 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for processing data, comprising a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide an explicit proxy that directs network communications over a public network to a proxy server. The first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that verifies the presence of a firewall key prior to allowing data communications over the public network using the explicit proxy. Wherein the explicit proxy is installed using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.