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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2024
Systems and methods implementing name resolution and virtual addresses to enable network connections
Applicant:
Gen Digital Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Joseph O'Connell, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Barna Csukas, Miercurea Ciuc, RO;
Gabor Miklos, Miercurea Ciuc, RO;
Assignee:
Gen Digital Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/42 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05);
Abstract
Systems for performing methods which include receiving by a VPN server, from a VPN client operating on a computing device, over a VPN connection a first message including a first IP address. The VPN server determines a hostname based on the first IP address, resolves the hostname to a second IP address, and transmits the first message to a network device at the second IP address.