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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
John Edward McDowall, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nilesh Bansal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sharad Saha, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for distributed traffic steering and enforcement for security solutions are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for distributed traffic steering and enforcement for security solutions includes encapsulating an original traffic header for a monitored flow from/to a host or a container; rerouting the flow from the host or the container to a security platform of a security service; performing security analysis at the security platform using the original traffic header; and rerouting the flow back to the host or the container for routing to an original destination based on the original traffic header.