Patents by Inventor Prakash N. Masanagi

Prakash N. Masanagi 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).

  • VPN DEEP PACKET INSPECTION
    Publication number: 20230254286
    Abstract: Policy enforcement previously available for web proxy access methods is extended and applied to layer 3 packets flowing through VPN channels. With these extensions, a common security policy is possible that is enforceable between VPN proxied access and VPN tunneled access. Equivalent security policy to tunnel based VPN access without comprising the inherent performance, scalability and application compatibility advantages tunne based VPNs have over their proxy based VPN counterparts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Steven C. Work, Prakash N. Masanagi, Christopher D. Peterson
  • VPN deep packet inspection
    Patent number: 11570150
    Abstract: Policy enforcement previously available for web proxy access methods is extended and applied to layer 3 packets flowing through VPN channels. With these extensions, a common security policy is possible that is enforceable between VPN proxied access and VPN tunneled access. Equivalent security policy to tunnel based VPN access without comprising the inherent performance, scalability and application compatibility advantages tunnel based VPNs have over their proxy based VPN counterparts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SONICWALL INC.
    Inventors: Steven C. Work, Prakash N. Masanagi, Christopher D. Peterson
  • VPN DEEP PACKET INSPECTION
    Publication number: 20200106747
    Abstract: Policy enforcement previously available for web proxy access methods is extended and applied to layer 3 packets flowing through VPN channels. With these extensions, a common security policy is possible that is enforceable between VPN proxied access and VPN tunneled access. Equivalent security policy to tunnel based VPN access without comprising the inherent performance, scalability and application compatibility advantages tunnel based VPNs have over their proxy based VPN counterparts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Steven C. Work, Prakash N. Masanagi, Christopher D. Peterson
  • VPN deep packet inspection
    Patent number: 10432587
    Abstract: Policy enforcement previously available for web proxy access methods is extended and applied to layer 3 packets flowing through VPN channels. With these extensions, a common security policy is possible that is enforceable between VPN proxied access and VPN tunneled access. Equivalent security policy to tunnel based VPN access without comprising the inherent performance, scalability and application compatibility advantages tunne based VPNs have over their proxy based VPN counterparts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AVENTAIL LLC
    Inventors: Steven C. Work, Prakash N. Masanagi, Christopher D. Peterson
  • VPN DEEP PACKET INSPECTION
    Publication number: 20130219486
    Abstract: Policy enforcement previously available for web proxy access methods is extended and applied to layer 3 packets flowing through VPN channels. With these extensions, a common security policy is possible that is enforceable between VPN proxied access and VPN tunneled access. Equivalent security policy to tunnel based VPN access without comprising the inherent performance, scalability and application compatibility advantages tunne based VPNs have over their proxy based VPN counterparts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Steven C. Work, Prakash N. Masanagi, Christopher Peterson