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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sunita Darbarwar, San Jose, CA (US);
Dejan Mihajlovic, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sandip Davara, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a smart reauthentication process for prolonged WebSocket sessions which may present a risk to cloud environments. The various embodiments can include monitoring a WebSocket session associated with a user, detecting one or more triggers associated with an authentication of the WebSocket session, and initiating an authentication process based on the one or more triggers. The authentication process can disconnect an existing WebSocket session and force the user to reauthenticate in order to continue the session.