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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Weining Wu, Burnaby, CA;
Junhao Yin, Burnaby, CA;
FORTINET, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Zero-trust network access (ZTNA) with user datagram protocol (UDP) message forwarding is disclosed. A forwarding rule is determined based on a destination address associated with a received data traffic packet formatted according to a first protocol (e.g., UDP). A bi-directional tunnel is created to forward the traffic based on the determined forwarding rule. A request is generated over a stream having a corresponding stream identifier within the bi-directional tunnel to establish a connection with a proxy device. The traffic packet payload formatted according to the first protocol is wrapped with at least the stream identifier. The wrapped data traffic packet is forwarded to a client device based on the determined forwarding rule to a destination device corresponding to the stream identifier.