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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2020
Aviatrix Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Praveen Vannarath, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xiaobo Sherry Wei, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aviatrix Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for establishing a communication coupling within a cloud computing environment between a first gateway of a first virtual private cloud network deployed behind a firewall and a second gateway of a second virtual private cloud network is disclosed. The method includes operations of receiving, by the first gateway, a first controller message from a controller deployed within the cloud computing environment, the first controller message instructing the first gateway to transmit a first gateway message to the second gateway, transmitting, by the first gateway, the first gateway message to the second gateway, receiving, by the first gateway, a second gateway message from the second gateway, the second gateway message initiating a negotiation to establish a first tunnel between the first gateway and the second gateway in accordance with a first security protocol, and completing, by the first gateway, the negotiation thereby causing establishment of the first tunnel.