Accessing cloud resources using private network addresses

US10911406B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Rishabh Tewari · Sammamish, US
• Deepak Bansal · Bellevue, US
• Longzhang Fu · Bellevue, US
• Harish Kumar Chandrappa · Bothell, US
• Tomas Talius · Sammamish, US
• Dhruv Malik · Seattle, US
• Anitha Adusumilli · Sammamish, US
• Parag Sharma · Issaquah, US
• Nimish Aggarwal · Redmond, US
• Shekhar Agarwal · Redmond, US
• Joemmanuel Ponce Galindo · Duvall, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2212/00
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for allowing access to shared cloud resource using private network addresses are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a connection packet representing a connection request to a shared cloud resource in the cloud computing system can be intercepted. In response, the connection packet can be encapsulated with data representing one or more of a VNET ID, a VNET source address, or a VNET destination address of a virtual network from which the connection packet is received. The encapsulated connection packet can then be forwarded to the shared cloud resource while retaining the data representing one or more of the VNET ID, the VNET source address, or the VNET destination address for access control at the shared cloud resource.