GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION OF INTERNET TRAFFIC USING PUBLIC CLOUD
A method, system, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for: receiving traffic from a client device, wherein the client device is physically located in a particular region, wherein the traffic is internet protocol (IP) traffic, and wherein the traffic has a destination associated therewith; augmenting the traffic with metadata, wherein the metadata is indicative of the particular region; and transmitting the augmented traffic to an egress gateway, wherein the egress gateway is configured to perform source network address translation (NAT) on the traffic by setting a source address associated with the traffic to an IP address that is associated with the particular region.
1 . A computer-implemented method for performing geographic localization, comprising:
receiving traffic from a client device, wherein the client device is physically located in a particular region, wherein the traffic is internet protocol (IP) traffic, and wherein the traffic has a destination associated therewith;
augmenting the traffic with metadata by adding a tag comprising the metadata to the traffic, wherein the metadata is indicative of the particular region; and
transmitting the augmented traffic including the tag to an egress gateway, wherein the egress gateway is configured to perform source network address translation (NAT) on the traffic by setting a source address associated with the traffic to an IP address that is associated with the particular region.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving is carried out by an information handling system in a public cloud region.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating a geolocation feed including the IP address that is associated with the particular region.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the geolocation feed is an RFC 8805 feed.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular region is a particular country.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the egress gateway is further configured to transmit the traffic to the destination.
7 . A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a computer-readable medium embodying instructions executable by the at least one processor for:
receiving traffic from a client device, wherein the client device is physically located in a particular region, wherein the traffic is internet protocol (IP) traffic, and wherein the traffic has a destination associated therewith;
augmenting the traffic with metadata by adding a tag comprising the metadata to the traffic, wherein the metadata is indicative of the particular region; and
transmitting the augmented traffic including the tag to an egress gateway, wherein the egress gateway is configured to perform source network address translation (NAT) on the traffic by setting a source address associated with the traffic to an IP address that is associated with the particular region.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the receiving is carried out by an information handling system in a public cloud region.
9 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are further executable for updating a geolocation feed including the IP address that is associated with the particular region.
10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the geolocation feed is an RFC 8805 feed.
11 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the particular region is a particular country.
12 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the egress gateway is further configured to transmit the traffic to the destination.
13 . An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code being executable for:
receiving traffic from a client device, wherein the client device is physically located in a particular region, wherein the traffic is internet protocol (IP) traffic, and wherein the traffic has a destination associated therewith;
augmenting the traffic with metadata by adding a tag comprising the metadata to the traffic, wherein the metadata is indicative of the particular region; and
transmitting the augmented traffic including the tag to an egress gateway, wherein the egress gateway is configured to perform source network address translation (NAT) on the traffic by setting a source address associated with the traffic to an IP address that is associated with the particular region.
14 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the receiving is carried out by an information handling system in a public cloud region.
15 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the computer program code is further executable for updating a geolocation feed including the IP address that is associated with the particular region.
16 . The article of claim 15 , wherein the geolocation feed is an RFC 8805 feed.
17 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the particular region is a particular country.
18 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the egress gateway is further configured to transmit the traffic to the destination.