US 2023/0155983 A1 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSPARENT SaaS PROXY ON AND OFF NETWORK

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a system/method for utilizing SaaS proxy platform to provide a transparent proxy solution and allow deployment of a hybrid network having a uniform proxy/Internet access environment for both on-network and off-network user traffic. A granular architecture for steering of user Internet traffic is presented that utilizes a SaaS agent as a primary proxy control based on modifications to the PAC files to allow for surgical traffic control. The proposed approach utilizes SaaS proxy agent beyond its intended capabilities and provides a solution that improves uniformity of user Internet experience as well as improving security and network resiliency in a hybrid network.

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Dependent claims

A method for transparent cloud based proxy implementation in a hybrid network, the method comprising:

modifying a configuration of an SaaS proxy agent by removing one or more network location references for incoming traffic from the configuration, to thereby provide a modified SaaS proxy agent having no on-network traffic restriction;
installing the modified SaaS proxy agent on one or more network devices associated with the hybrid network, the one or more network device comprising one or more on-network endpoint devices, one or more off-network endpoint devices and one or more gateway device;
and
creating one or more PAC files configured to direct user internet traffic associated with the one or more network devices to the modified SaaS proxy to be forwarded via a SaaS proxy connection to a cloud SaaS proxy service.

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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSPARENT SaaS PROXY ON AND OFF NETWORK

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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSPARENT SaaS PROXY ON AND OFF NETWORK

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Abstract

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