US 12,463,970 B2
Systems and methods for distributed remote access
Abhinav Bansal, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,064.
Prior Publication US 2024/0297881 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/10 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising steps of:
intercepting network traffic associated with an end user device;
identifying a request to a destination from the network traffic, the destination defining one of a public destination and a private destination being in a distributed environment of a plurality of public and private distributed environments;
connecting the end user device to the destination based on access control policies associated with a user of the end user device by transparently proxying the request to the destination via cloud-based system providing zero trust, the cloud-based system configured to broker the connection to the destination, wherein the destination is preconfigured with a remote proxy address and a protocol required for establishing the connection; and
logging all traffic associated with the plurality of distributed environments.