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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2002
Mark A. Beadles, Hilliard, OH (US);
William S. Emerick, Dublin, OH (US);
Kevin A. Russo, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Kenneth E. Mulh, Upper Arlington, OH (US);
Raymond J. Bell, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Mark A. Beadles, Hilliard, OH (US);
William S. Emerick, Dublin, OH (US);
Kevin A. Russo, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Kenneth E. Mulh, Upper Arlington, OH (US);
Raymond J. Bell, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Endforce, Inc., Dublin, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides device configuration and policy configuration data to network devices over a public network, e.g., the internet. A secure communication link is first established over the public network to the network device. Next, policy and configuration information is downloaded to the network device using that secure communication link. In one embodiment, the communication link is an IPSec tunnel. In particular, the network policy may include a virtual private network (VPN) policy. The invention addresses the secure downloading of configuration and policy information, which has not been an issue in prior art devices where there was an ability to provide such information internally to a network, without the need to go over the internet.