Cloud-based explicit proxy
AssigneeForcepoint LLC
InventorLawrence B. Huston, III
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Abstract
A system for processing data, comprising a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide an explicit proxy that directs network communications over a public network to a proxy server. The first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that verifies the presence of a firewall key prior to allowing data communications over the public network using the explicit proxy. Wherein the explicit proxy is installed using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.
Claims20
A system for processing data, comprising:
- a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide an explicit proxy that directs network communications over a public network to a proxy server;
- the first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that verifies the presence of a firewall key prior to allowing data communications over the public network using the explicit proxy;
- and
- wherein the explicit proxy is installed using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.
A method for processing data, comprising:
- configuring a first processor at an end point device remote from a firewall system to operate one or more algorithms to provide an explicit proxy that directs network communications over a public network to a proxy server;
- configuring the first processor to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that verifies the presence of a firewall key prior to allowing data communications over the public network using the explicit proxy;
- and
- installing the explicit proxy using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.
In a system for processing data that includes a first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide an explicit proxy that directs network communications over a public network to a proxy server, the first processor configured to operate one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that verifies the presence of a firewall key prior to allowing data communications over the public network using the explicit proxy, wherein the explicit proxy is installed using a proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent, wherein the proxy server is implemented on a cloud processing platform that instantiates the proxy server and an associated DNS cache resolver on demand using container logic structures or wherein the proxy server is implemented on a cloud processing platform that instantiates the proxy server and an associated DNS cache resolver on demand in conjunction with a firewall system operating on the cloud processing platform, a method comprising
- configuring the first processor to operate the one or more algorithms to provide the explicit proxy that directs the network communications over the public network to the proxy server;
- configuring the first processor to operate the one or more algorithms to provide a firewall agent that verifies the presence of the firewall key prior to allowing data communications over the public network using the explicit proxy;
- and
- installing the explicit proxy using the proxy auto configuration file that is associated with the firewall agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.