Providing substitute domain information in a virtual private network
AssigneeUab 360 It
InventorMindaugas Valkaitis
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Abstract
A method in a virtual private network (VPN) environment, the method including receiving, at a processor associated with a device, domain information associated with a VPN service provider; determining, by the processor, substitute domain information based at least in part on determining that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the domain information, the determining the substitute domain information being based at least in part on utilizing a time marker and a string of alphanumeric characters associated with the VPN service provider; and transmitting, by the processor, a connection request to reach the VPN service provider by utilizing the substitute domain information. Various other aspects are contemplated.
Claims20
A method in a virtual private network (VPN) environment, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processor associated with a device, domain information associated with a VPN service provider;
- determining, by the processor, substitute domain information based at least in part on determining that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the domain information, the determining the substitute domain information being based at least in part on utilizing a time marker that identifies a current time period associated with determining the substitute domain information and a string of alphanumeric characters that identifies the VPN service provider;
- and
- transmitting, by the processor, a connection request to reach the VPN service provider by utilizing the substitute domain information.
A device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the processor being configured to:
- receive domain information associated with a VPN service provider;
- determine substitute domain information based at least in part on determining that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the domain information, the substitute domain information being determined based at least in part on utilizing a time marker that identifies a current time period associated with determining the substitute domain information and a string of alphanumeric characters that identifies the VPN service provider;
- and
- transmit a connection request to reach the VPN service provider by utilizing the substitute domain information.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with a device, cause the processor to:
- receive domain information associated with a VPN service provider;
- determine substitute domain information based at least in part on determining that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the domain information, the substitute domain information being determined based at least in part on utilizing a time marker that identifies a current time period associated with determining the substitute domain information and a string of alphanumeric characters that identifies the VPN service provider;
- and
- transmit a connection request to reach the VPN service provider by utilizing the substitute domain information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.