US 11,716,314 B2
System and apparatus for enhanced QOS, steering and policy enforcement for HTTPS traffic via intelligent inline path discovery of TLS terminating node
J Mohan Rao Arisankala, Bengaluru (IN); Chaitra Maraliga Ramaiah, Bengaluru (IN); and Karthick Srivatsan, Bengaluru (IN)
Filed by Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,634.
Application 17/307,634 is a continuation of application No. 16/209,070, filed on Dec. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,025,601.
Prior Publication US 2021/0281551 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 67/143 (2022.01); H04L 69/16 (2022.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0485 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 67/143 (2013.01); H04L 67/01 (2022.05); H04L 69/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising
identifying, by a first device, that a second device terminates a secure connection traversing through the first device;
receiving, by the first device responsive to the identification of the termination of the secure connection by the second device, information from the second device, the information enabling decipherment of encrypted traffic of the secure connection;
using, by the first device, the received information to decipher a packet of the encrypted traffic; and
managing, by the first device, the packet responsive to deciphering the packet using the received information.