Invention Grant
- Patent Title: End-to-end network security service for workloads across different network environments
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Application No.: US17524982Application Date: 2021-11-12
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Publication No.: US12081517B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Peter Brecl , Steven Casey , Kevin M. McBride
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Main IPC: H04L45/00
- IPC: H04L45/00 ; H04L9/40 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L41/14 ; H04L43/0876 ; H04L45/74 ; H04L61/4511 ; H04L67/10 ; H04L61/5007

Abstract:
Implementations include providing security services to workloads deployed across various types of network environments, such as public networks, private networks, hybrid networks, customer premise network environments, and the like, by redirecting traffic intended for the service device through a security environment of the first network. After application of the security features to the incoming traffic, the “clean” traffic may be transmitted to the service device instantiated on the separate network via a tunnel. Redirection of incoming traffic to the security-providing first network may include correlating a network address of the service device to a reserved network address of a block of reserved addresses and updating a Domain Name Server (DNS) or other address resolving system with the reserved address. The return transmission tunnel may be established between the security environment and the network address of the service device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220158975A1 END-TO-END NETWORK SECURITY SERVICE FOR WORKLOADS ACROSS DIFFERENT NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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