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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Shyamshankar Dharmarajan, Redmond, WA (US);

Sumit Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for globally accessible virtual private network (VPN) as a service. A method can include receiving a domain name request at a domain name system (DNS), the domain name request being received from a tenant premise equipment and including a domain name of a plurality of domain names associated with a VPN service, identifying, by the DNS and based on the domain name, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a node of nodes dedicated to servicing traffic of the domain name, and establishing, by the DNS, a VPN tunnel between the tenant premise equipment and the identified node.


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