US 12,452,314 B2
Dynamically reconfigurable traffic inspection pipeline in zero trust networks
Kanti Varanasi, San Jose, CA (US); Jane Joseph, Leander, TX (US); Mohit Chawla, Punjab (IN); Nikhil Bhatia, San Jose, 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. 18/309,953.
Claims priority of application No. 202311018238 (IN), filed on Mar. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0314176 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/30 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising steps of:
intercepting traffic traversing through a zero trust network to a destination;
determining one or more traffic inspection stages to utilize for inspecting the traffic based on characteristics of the traffic;
creating a traffic inspection pipeline including the one or more traffic inspection stages; and
performing the one or more traffic inspection stages on the traffic through the traffic inspection pipeline, wherein one or more additional traffic inspection stages are added to the traffic inspection pipeline after performing a traffic inspection stage.