US 11,811,855 B1
Policy based agentless file transfer in zero trust private networks
Dejan Mihajlovic, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Monica Bhaskaran, Bengaluru (IN); Mithun A S, Bengaluru (IN); Sunita Darbarwar, San Jose, CA (US); Rakesh Adepu, Hyderabad (IN); Sandip Davara, San Jose, CA (US); Abhijeet Malik, San Jose, CA (US); Mahesh Krishna Kumar, Bengaluru (IN); Kanti Varanasi, San Jose, CA (US); William Fehring, Sunnyvale, CA (US); John A. Chanak, Saratoga, CA (US); and Sunil Menon, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,010.
Claims priority of application No. 202311018239 (IN), filed on Mar. 17, 2023.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/06 (2013.01) [H04L 67/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising steps of:
receiving a request for a file transfer;
determining a file transfer protocol;
evaluating one or more criteria associated with the request, the criteria being associated with any of an end user and contents of the file, wherein the one or more criteria include any of policy associated with the end user and file inspection results; and
allowing or denying the file transfer based on the evaluating:,
wherein responsive to an end user's policy including a requirement for file inspection, the steps further comprise: sending the file to a sandbox for inspection; and receiving a result of the inspection from the sandbox.