Obscuring participants in a videoconference
A request is received by a videoconference instantiation server to initiate a videoconference among a plurality of participants. Thereafter, the videoconference instantiation server requests provision of an on-demand computing network. The videoconference server is then instantiated in the on-demand computing network. A plurality of inbound proxies are generated which are configured to communicate with the videoconference server. The inbound proxies obfuscate administrative data passing therethrough. In addition, a plurality of portal proxies are generated that each are configured to communicate with a different one of the inbound proxies. The videoconference instantiation server then generates a unique access path to a different one of the portal proxies for each of the participants. The portal proxies, when accessed, allow the corresponding participant to access a videoconference being executed by the videoconference server. The portal proxies and inbound proxies are terminated upon completion of the videoconference.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a videoconference instantiation server, a request to initiate a videoconference among a plurality of participants;
requesting, by the videoconference instantiation server, provision of an on-demand computing network;
instantiating a videoconference server in the on-demand computing network;
first generating a plurality of inbound proxies configured to communicate with the videoconference server and each corresponding to a different one of the participants, the inbound proxies obfuscating administrative data passing therethrough that identifies a location of the videoconference server and/or a location of one of the participants;
second generating a plurality of portal proxies each configured to communicate with a different one of the inbound proxies;
third generating, by the videoconference instantiation server, a unique access path to a different one of the portal proxies for each of the participants, the portal proxies, when accessed, allowing the corresponding participant to access a videoconference being executed by the videoconference server; and
causing each of the portal proxies and inbound proxies to be terminated upon completion of the videoconference.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the on-demand computing network is provisioned by an on-demand computing network engine.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first generating is executed by the on-demand computing network engine.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second generating is executed by the on-demand computing network engine.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request encapsulates a geographic region among a plurality of available geographic regions in which the videoconference server is to be instantiated.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
causing the unique access paths to be distributed to each of the participants.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inbound proxies are instantiated on one or more virtual machines which are destroyed upon completion of the videoconference.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portal proxies are instantiated on one or more microservice instances which are destroyed upon completion of the conference.
9. A system comprising:
at least one data processor; and
memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one data processor, implement operations comprising:
receiving, by a videoconference instantiation server, a request to initiate a videoconference among a plurality of participants;
requesting, by the videoconference instantiation server, provision of an on-demand computing network;
instantiating a videoconference server in the on-demand computing network;
first generating a plurality of inbound proxies configured to communicate with the videoconference server and each corresponding to a different one of the participants, the inbound proxies obfuscating administrative data passing therethrough that identifies a location of the videoconference server and/or a location of one of the participants;
second generating a plurality of portal proxies each configured to communicate with a different one of the inbound proxies;
third generating, by the videoconference instantiation server, a unique access path to a different one of the portal proxies for each of the participants, the portal proxies, when accessed, allowing the corresponding participant to access a videoconference being executed by the videoconference server; and
causing each of the portal proxies and inbound proxies to be terminated upon completion of the videoconference.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the on-demand computing network is provisioned by an on-demand computing network engine.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the first generating is executed by the on-demand computing network engine.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second generating is executed by the on-demand computing network engine.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the request encapsulates a geographic region among a plurality of available geographic regions in which the videoconference server is to be instantiated.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
causing the unique access paths to be distributed to each of the participants.
15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the inbound proxies are instantiated on one or more virtual machines which are destroyed upon completion of the videoconference.
16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the portal proxies are instantiated on one or more microservice instances which are destroyed upon completion of the conference.
17. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a videoconference instantiation server, a request to initiate a videoconference among a plurality of participants;
requesting, by the videoconference instantiation server, provision of an on-demand computing network;
instantiating a videoconference server in the on-demand computing network;
first generating a plurality of inbound proxies configured to communicate with the videoconference server and each corresponding to a different one of the participants, the inbound proxies obfuscating administrative data passing therethrough that identifies a location of the videoconference server and/or a location of one of the participants;
second generating a plurality of portal proxies each configured to communicate with a different one of the inbound proxies;
third generating, by the videoconference instantiation server, a unique access path to a different one of the portal proxies for each of the participants, the portal proxies, when accessed, allowing the corresponding participant to access a videoconference being executed by the videoconference server; and
causing each of the portal proxies and inbound proxies to be terminated upon completion of the videoconference.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the on-demand computing network is provisioned by an on-demand computing network engine.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first generating and the second generating are both executed by the on-demand computing network engine.
20. The method of claim 17 wherein the request encapsulates a geographic region among a plurality of available geographic regions in which the videoconference server is to be instantiated.