Patent ID: 8973090
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for protecting platform-as-a-service platforms, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a platform-as-a-service platform that enables on-demand access to a computing environment via the Internet and/or a service provider, the platform-as-a-service platform being configured to allow installations of third-party application packages; intercepting, at a reverse proxy system that is configured to receive network traffic on behalf of the platform-as-a-service platform and to relay approved network traffic to the platform-as-a-service platform, a third-party application package in transit to the platform-as-a-service platform for installation; extracting a manifest file from the third-party application package; parsing the manifest file to obtain metadata that specifies characteristics of the third-party application package, wherein the metadata comprises information identifying a resource of an existing application within the platform-as-a-service platform subject to use by an application to be installed from the third-party application package; applying a compliance policy to the third-party application package to determine whether to allow an installation of the third-party application package on the platform-as-a-service platform based on the metadata.