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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Virnetx, Inc., Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Robert Dunham Short, Iii, Lexington, VA (US);
Michael Williamson, South Riding, VA (US);
Victor Larson, Fairfax, VA (US);
VirnetX, Inc., Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Abstract
Methods and related systems are presented that relate to automatically avoiding address conflicts when establishing a secure communications link over a public network between a local computer, associated with a local network, and a remote device, located outside the local network. Local network addresses on the local network reserved for use, and a block of local network addresses that do not conflict with the reserved local network addresses, are identified. At least one local network address is selected from the block and assigned as an address of the local device for use in communicating with the remote device securely over the public network. Communication is facilitated with the remote device using the network driver based on the assigned at least one local network address.