Avaya Inc.

Rohit Mehta

David Ahrens

Amit Agarwal

Russell C Jones

Anupam Rai

Rupesh Kumar

A network gateway is disclosed, wherein for a received communication, the gateway determines a network component to which information for the communication is routed based upon one or more of: (a) a characterization of the source of the communication, (b) a characterization of non-address data in the communication, and (c) services applied to the communication by the gateway. The characterization of the communication source can be related to a perceived risk that the communication may be illicitly compromised or may cause a malfunction in a network component. The characterization of non-address data identifies a use of the communication, or service to be applied to the communication prior to reaching its destination, or a security feature (or lack thereof) of the communication. The services applied by the gateway are generally generic services for facilitating appropriate non-malicious communications, e.g., such services can be for a firewall, secure communications (virtual private network), FTP communications, voice over IP, email, and general Internet communications.

Enhanced gateway for routing between networks

In one embodiment, a communication deviceincludes a voice communication moduleto effect packet-switched voice communications over an untrusted network; a secure communication moduleto create a secured pathwaywith a selected remote secure communication module; and a VPN topology clientto contact a VPN topology serverto receive VPN topology informationthat enables the secure communication module to create the secured pathway with the selected remote secure communication module. The VPN topology information includes IP addresses associated with remote secure communication modules, with each of the IP addresses having a corresponding range of node addresses serviced by the respective secure communication module.

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Davis, CA, United States of America

Rohit Mehta