Mobile and IoT device forwarding to the cloud
AssigneeZscaler, Inc.
InventorNathan Howe
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Abstract
A method, implemented in a cloud-based system, includes, responsive to a client device having a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card therein connecting to a mobile network from a mobile network operator, receiving authentication of the client device based on the SIM card; receiving forwarded traffic from the client device; and processing the forwarded traffic according to policy, wherein the policy is determined based on one of a user of the client device and a type of the client device, each being determined based on the SIM card.
Claims20
A method, implemented in a cloud-based system, comprising:
- responsive to a client device having a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card therein connecting to a mobile network from a mobile network operator, receiving authentication of the client device based on the SIM card;
- receiving forwarded traffic from the client device;
- and
- processing the forwarded traffic according to policy, wherein the policy is determined based on one of a user of the client device and a type of the client device, each being determined based on the SIM card.
A cloud-based system comprising:
- a plurality of nodes connected to the Internet,
- wherein one or more of the plurality of nodes is configured to
- responsive to a client device having a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card therein connecting to a mobile network from a mobile network operator, receive authentication of the client device based on the SIM card,
- receive forwarded traffic from the client device, and
- process the forwarded traffic according to policy, wherein the policy is determined based on one of a user of the client device and a type of the client device, each being determined based on the SIM card.
A client device comprising:
- a network interface, one or more processors, and memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to
- utilize a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card to connect to a mobile network from a mobile network operator,
- request authentication of the client device based on the SIM card, and
- send traffic that is forwarded to a cloud-based system for processing of the traffic therein, according to policy, wherein the policy is determined based on one of a user of the client device and a type of the client device, each being determined based on the SIM card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.