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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Tailscale Inc., Toronto, CA;

Inventor:

David J. Crawshaw, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tailscale Inc., Toronto, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0822 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are systems, methods, and software to direct communications for a private network using advertised encryption key information. In one implementation, a first computing element identifies an encrypted communication from a second computing element and identifies a destination computing element from a plurality of destination computing elements based on an application of encryption keys to the encrypted communication. The first computing element further forwards the encrypted communication to the destination computing element.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Crawshaw, David. (2026). Distribution and use of encryption keys to direct communications (U.S. Patent No. 12574214). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12574214

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