SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON THE FLY PROTOCOL CONVERSION IN OBTAINING POLICY ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION

A system, machine readable medium and method for utilizing protocol conversions in policy changing enforcement is disclosed. A message, in a first protocol, is received from a network gateway device including identifying information unique to a client attempting to access a resource from a server. The message is processed using one or more portions of the client identifying information as a unique key identifier. A policy access request is generated, in a second protocol, and includes at least the unique key identifier. The policy access request is sent to a policy server, wherein the policy server is configured to provide policy enforcement information of the client associated with the policy access request. The policy enforcement information is received and one or more policies from the policy enforcement information are enforced to network traffic between the client and the server.