US 2018/0123829 A1 · INTELLIGENT MULTI-CHANNEL VPN ORCHESTRATION

Abstract

A respective VPN routing table for each of a plurality of VPNs can be stored on a client device. The client device can access a first VPN routing table and, using the first VPN routing table, establish a first VPN tunnel to a first VPN. The first VPN can be a first subnetwork assigned a particular network prefix. While the first VPN tunnel is currently active, the client device can access a second VPN routing table and, using the second VPN routing table, establish a second VPN tunnel to the second VPN. The second VPN can be a second subnetwork assigned the same particular network prefix as the first subnetwork. While the first VPN tunnel and the second VPN tunnel are simultaneously active, the client device can communicate data to remote devices in the first VPN and the second VPN using the particular network prefix for both.

Claims23

Dependent claims

1-7. (canceled)

A method, comprising:

authenticating a user on a client device;
responsive to authenticating the user on the client device, automatically retrieving by the client device from a data repository, via a communication network, a virtual private network (VPN) profile assigned to the user, the VPN profile comprising VPN routing table data generated responsive to the user establishing at least a first VPN tunnel from another client device to a VPN gateway;
storing the VPN routing table data to a VPN routing table on the client device;
and
establishing at least a second VPN tunnel from the client device to the VPN gateway by processing the VPN routing table data generated responsive to the user establishing at least the first VPN tunnel from the other client device to the VPN gateway.

2 more elements

A client device, comprising:

a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
authenticating a user on the client device;
responsive to authenticating the user on the client device, automatically retrieving by the client device from a data repository, via a communication network, a virtual private network (VPN) profile assigned to the user, the VPN profile comprising VPN routing table data generated responsive to the user establishing at least a first VPN tunnel from another client device to a VPN gateway;
storing the VPN routing table data to a VPN routing table on the client device;
and
establishing at least a second VPN tunnel from the client device to the VPN gateway by processing the VPN routing table data generated responsive to the user establishing at least the first VPN tunnel from the other client device to the VPN gateway.

3 more elements

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor of a client device to perform a method comprising:

authenticating a user on the client device;
responsive to authenticating the user on the client device, automatically retrieving by the client device from a data repository, via a communication network, a virtual private network (VPN) profile assigned to the user, the VPN profile comprising VPN routing table data generated responsive to the user establishing at least a first VPN tunnel from another client device to a VPN gateway;
storing the VPN routing table data to a VPN routing table on the client device;
and
establishing at least a second VPN tunnel from the client device to the VPN gateway by processing the VPN routing table data generated responsive to the user establishing at least the first VPN tunnel from the other client device to the VPN gateway.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/853,698Filed 22 Dec 2017

Priority

1 Oct 2015

Published

3 May 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04L 12/4641
Interconnection of networks: virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN]
H04L 12/4633
Interconnection of networks: interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
H04L 43/08
Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks: monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or…
H04L 45/54
Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks: organization of routing tables

Intelligent multi-channel vpn orchestration

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Intelligent multi-channel vpn orchestration

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Abstract

Claims23