Vertex Aerospace LLC

Christopher J Nord

Vincent A Maglio

Todd A Swails

Kristi Irgens

Howard Turner

Ian A Knopf

Charles C Hohne

Christopher J Pulling

Kyle A Brown

An apparatus is provided, comprising: a volatile memory; a non-volatile memory; a first electronic circuit that is configured to operate as a wireless access point, the first electronic circuit including a wireless controller for accessing a wireless network; and a second electronic circuit that is operatively coupled to the first electronic circuit, the second electronic circuit including at least one processor configured to execute: (i) a first virtual machine that includes a wireless network authentication server, and (ii) a second virtual machine that includes a virtual private network (VPN) server, wherein the wireless network authentication server is configured to authenticate devices that attempt to join the wireless network; wherein the VPN server is arranged to encrypt data that is received at the apparatus to produce encrypted data, and forward the encrypted data to the wireless controller for transmission over the wireless network.

Method and apparatus for secure communication and routing

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Christopher J Nord