US 8,504,696 B2
System and method employing an agile network protocol for secure communications using secure domain namesGeneral
US 8,504,696 B2
System and method employing an agile network protocol for secure communications using secure domain names
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Krisna Lim
Art Unit:
2453 Computer Networks
Inventors:
Victor Larson; Robert Dunham Short; Edmund Colby Munger; Michael Williamson
Assignee:
Priority:
10/30/98
Filed:
12/27/11
Granted:
08/06/13
Expiration:
10/30/18
Abstract
A system for connecting a first network device and a second network device includes one or more servers. The servers are configured to: (a) receive, from the first network device, a request to look up a network address of the second network device based on an identifier associated with the second network device; (b) determine, in response to the request, whether the second network device is available for a secure communications service; and (c) initiate a virtual private network communication link between the first network device and the second network device based on a determination that the second network device is available for the secure communications service, wherein the secure communications service uses the virtual private network communication link.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F16/951G06FH04L2101/604H04L