TRACKING DATA-PATH READINESS OF SECURITY SERVICES INSERTED IN MIDDLE MILE AND CLOUD GATEWAYS

• Main Authors: Sundararajan, Balaji, Kariyappa, Ramakumara, Baruah, Pritam, Raju, Nithin Bangalore, Tangirala, Srilatha
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.10.2024
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Techniques for utilizing a network gateway provisioned in a software-defined network to verify service readiness of one or more security service(s) of a service chain prior to redirecting network traffic along a given data-path to the security service(s). The gateway may be configured to open a spec...