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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yongjie Yin, Fremont, CA (US);

Joby Menon, Cupertino, CA (US);

Andrey Tverdokhleb, Cupertino, CA (US);

Kevin Yao, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various techniques for split tunneling based on content type to exclude certain network traffic from a tunnel (e.g., VPN tunnel) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for split tunneling based on content type to exclude certain network traffic from a tunnel includes monitoring session traffic received at a data appliance; determining if the session traffic is associated with a first content type; and redirecting the session traffic if the session traffic is associated with the first content type based on a policy.


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