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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Forcepoint Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Forcepoint LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method may include providing a multi-access interface for network traffic, comprising: receiving information regarding topology of a virtual private network and storing the topology in the form of a routing table. A method may include providing an interface for network traffic, comprising: in a virtual private network comprising a plurality of tunnels delivering only information associated with OSI Level 3, receiving a network communication and performing multicast forwarding among the plurality of tunnels using multicast forwarding from OSI Level 2. A method may include providing an interface for network traffic, comprising, in a virtual private network: establishing a connection between a first node of the virtual private network and a second node serving as a virtual private network broker and fetching, by the first node from the virtual private network broker, information regarding one or more other nodes of the virtual private network.