Patents by Inventor Gary Tomic

Gary Tomic has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12493673
    Abstract: A system and method for managing user identity information in a multi-tenant environment can perform operations including assigning a first address from an address pool for a first user session, storing first information for the first user session in the memory linked to the first address, and assigning a second address from the address pool for a second user session. The operations can also include storing second information for the second user session in the memory linked to the second address from the address pool for the second user session if the second address does not match a third address from the address pool for a third session in the memory, and forwarding communication data for the second user session after the second information has been stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Jen Yeh, Gary Tomic
  • Patent number: 12407653
    Abstract: Operations of a security device are provided herein. The operations may include receiving, via a first network interface, a network packet, and evaluating attributes of the received network packet against a ruleset to identify a first rule match, wherein the attributes comprise an identifier of the first network interface, a source address, and a destination address. The operations may further include comparing the attributes of the received network packet against a table listing one or more network devices associated with the first network interface or a second network interface. The operations may further include switching the attributes of the received network packet by changing the identifier of the first network interface to an identifier of the second network interface and swapping the source address and the destination address, and evaluating the switched attributes of the received network packet against the ruleset to identify a second rule match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: CA, INC.
    Inventors: Roelof Nico du Toit, Gary Tomic, Chris Zuercher, Nour Alhouda Elkadri
  • Publication number: 20250240278
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention describes means by which a proxy can maintain visibility between a client and a server when the client initiates a Transport Layer Security connection with Encrypted Client Hello (ECH). The proxy uses intelligence data has the ability to identify connections between clients and servers that are utilizing the Encrypted Client Hello extension to Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3 and triggers the client to fallback to utilizing a new connection that does not utilize ECH. This preserves the proxy's ability to determine the true destination of the client and identify the risks and characteristics of the request and response and act based on the administrator's authored policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Roelof Du Toit, Gary Tomic, James Taft
  • Publication number: 20250047642
    Abstract: Operations of a security device are provided herein. The operations may include receiving, via a first network interface, a network packet, and evaluating attributes of the received network packet against a ruleset to identify a first rule match, wherein the attributes comprise an identifier of the first network interface, a source address, and a destination address. The operations may further include comparing the attributes of the received network packet against a table listing one or more network devices associated with the first network interface or a second network interface. The operations may further include switching the attributes of the received network packet by changing the identifier of the first network interface to an identifier of the second network interface and swapping the source address and the destination address, and evaluating the switched attributes of the received network packet against the ruleset to identify a second rule match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Roelof Nico du Toit, Gary Tomic, Chris Zuercher, Nour Alhouda Elkadri
  • Publication number: 20240406026
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computing system includes a communication interface; and a processor that is coupled to the communication interface. In some embodiments, least one of the communication interface or the processor receives a network packet from the network via a network adapter port; encapsulates the received network packet with a tunnel header, wherein the tunnel header comprises network identifier information identifying the network adapter port; addresses, based on the network identifier information, an outer Internet protocol (IP) header of the encapsulated network packet with an outer IP address corresponding to a network function in a first computing device; and sends the encapsulated network packet toward the network function identified by the outer IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: CA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark McConnaughay, Gary Tomic, Ron Frederick
  • Patent number: 12088430
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computing system includes a communication interface; and a processor that is coupled to the communication interface. In some embodiments, least one of the communication interface or the processor receives a network packet from the network via a network adapter port; encapsulates the received network packet with a tunnel header, wherein the tunnel header comprises network identifier information identifying the network adapter port; addresses, based on the network identifier information, an outer Internet protocol (IP) header of the encapsulated network packet with an outer IP address corresponding to a network function in a first computing device; and sends the encapsulated network packet toward the network function identified by the outer IP address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark McConnaughay, Gary Tomic, Ron Frederick
  • Publication number: 20240248968
    Abstract: A system and method for managing user identity information in a multi-tenant environment can perform operations including assigning a first address from an address pool for a first user session, storing first information for the first user session in the memory linked to the first address, and assigning a second address from the address pool for a second user session. The operations can also include storing second information for the second user session in the memory linked to the second address from the address pool for the second user session if the second address does not match a third address from the address pool for a third session in the memory, and forwarding communication data for the second user session after the second information has been stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Jen Yeh, Gary Tomic
  • Publication number: 20240048590
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include replacing, by a DNS proxy in DNS responses, a cryptographic key associated with a client-facing server for an origin content server with another cryptographic key received from a TLS proxy. A device may encrypt an extension of a ClientHello message with the other cryptographic key, such that the encrypted ClientHello (ECH) extension can be decrypted by the TLS proxy. The TLS proxy can then allow or deny the connection using a TLS intercept policy and decrypted information in the ClientHello message, and if the TLS connection is allowed, re-encrypt the ECH with the cryptographic key in the DNS response for the client-facing server to decrypt for establishment of the TLS connection with the origin content server. To preserve selective intercept while using ECH, a TLS Intercept Policy may be used to decide whether the TLS proxy feeds an Application Layer Proxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Roelof Nico DU TOIT, Gary TOMIC, Ronald Andrew FREDERICK
  • Publication number: 20210281443
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a computing system includes a communication interface; and a processor that is coupled to the communication interface. In some embodiments, least one of the communication interface or the processor receives a network packet from the network via a network adapter port; encapsulates the received network packet with a tunnel header, wherein the tunnel header comprises network identifier information identifying the network adapter port; addresses, based on the network identifier information, an outer Internet protocol (IP) header of the encapsulated network packet with an outer IP address corresponding to a network function in a first computing device; and sends the encapsulated network packet toward the network function identified by the outer IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Mark McConnaughay, Gary Tomic, Ron Frederick
  • Patent number: 11012259
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for preserving system contextual information in an encapsulated packet may include (1) receiving, at a computing device, a network packet from the network via a network adapter port, (2) encapsulating the received network packet with a tunnel header, where a network identifier field in the tunnel header comprises information identifying the network adapter port, (3) determine an outer Internet protocol (IP) address for the encapsulated network packet, where the destination IP address corresponds to a destination on the network, (4) addressing an outer header of the encapsulated network packet with the IP address, and (5) sending the encapsulated network packet toward the destination identified by the destination IP address. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CA, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McConnaughay, Gary Tomic, Ron Frederick
  • Patent number: 8639837
    Abstract: Packets received at a network appliance are classified according to a packet classification rules based on flow state information maintained by the network appliance and evaluated for each packet as it is received at the appliance on the basis of OSI Level 2-Level 4 (L2-L4) information retrieved from the packet. The received packets are acted upon according to outcomes of the classification; and the flow state information is updated according to actions taken on the received packets. The updated flow state information is then made available to modules performing additional processing of one or more of the packets at OSI Layer 7 (L7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Qing Li, Yusheng Huang, Gary Tomic, Ronald Frederick
  • Publication number: 20080077705
    Abstract: Packets received at a network appliance are classified according to packet classification rules based on flow state information maintained by the network appliance and evaluated for each packet as it is received at the appliance on the basis of OSI Level 2-Level 4 (L2-L4) information retrieved from the packet. The received packets are acted upon according to outcomes of the classification; and the flow state information is updated according to actions taken on the received packets. The updated flow state information is then made available to modules performing additional processing of one or more of the packets at OSI Layer 7 (L7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Qing Li, Yusheng Huang, Gary Tomic, Ronald Frederick