US 12,452,286 B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for zero trust network access (ZTNA) testing using test system with simulated or emulated identity provider
Sawan Das, Kolkata (IN); Partha Majumdar, West Hills, CA (US); Tudor Simionescu, Bucharest (RO); and Rudrarup Naskar, Kolkota (IN)
Assigned to KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed by Keysight Technologies, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,245.
Claims priority of application No. a 2023 00533 (RO), filed on Sep. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0112946 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/1433 (2013.01) [H04L 63/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for zero trust network access (ZTNA) testing using a simulated or emulated identity provider (IdP), the method comprising:
generating and transmitting, from an emulated client implemented by a network traffic emulation platform and to a server, an emulated application traffic message;
receiving, by the emulated client, from a policy enforcement point (PEP) under test, and in response to the emulated application traffic message, a message redirecting the emulated client to a simulated or emulated IdP and including an authentication request;
receiving, by the simulated or emulated IdP and from the emulated client, the authentication request;
generating, by the simulated or emulated IdP, an authentication response and providing the authentication response to the emulated client;
providing, by the emulated client and to the PEP under test, a response to the authentication request from the PEP under test;
receiving, by the emulated client, a response including an authenticated cookie from the PEP under test;
generating and transmitting, by the emulated client and to the server via the PEP under test, a request including the authenticated cookie; and
receiving, by the emulated client, a response from the server.