Patent ID: 8893259
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing, via policy, a clientless secure socket layer virtual private network (SSL VPN) session between a client and a server, the method comprising: a) receiving, by an intermediary, a request from a client to access a server, the intermediary establishing SSL VPN sessions between clients and the server, b) identifying, by the intermediary, a session policy based on the request, the session policy indicating whether to establish a client based SSL VPN session or clientless SSL VPN session with the server; c) determining, by the intermediary responsive to the session policy, to establish a clientless SSL VPN session between the client and the server; and d) identifying, by the intermediary responsive to the establishment of the clientless SSL VPN session, a first access profile for the clientless SSL VPN session from a plurality of access profiles for controlling access via the clientless SSL VPN session, the first access profile (i) specifying one or more rewrite policies for modifying content from the server and (ii) identified based on at least one of: a user of the client and an application providing the content.