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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Yihsiu Chen, Middletown, NJ (US);
Mark Jeffrey Foladare, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Shelley B. Goldman, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Thomas Joseph Killian, Westfield, NJ (US);
Norman Loren Schryer, New Providence, NJ (US);
Kevin Stone, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Roy Philip Weber, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Yihsiu Chen, Middletown, NJ (US);
Mark Jeffrey Foladare, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Shelley B. Goldman, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Thomas Joseph Killian, Westfield, NJ (US);
Norman Loren Schryer, New Providence, NJ (US);
Kevin Stone, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Roy Philip Weber, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A network interface unit is provided for use intermediate a LAN and a public or private network, or a combination of both, for establishing secure links to a VPN gateway. Login by a LAN client with the network interface unit, addressing, authentication, and other configuration operations achieved using a web page-based GUI are applied in establishing tunnels from LAN clients to desired VPN destinations. Illustrative network interface units include a DHCP server and provide encryption-decryption and encapsulation-decapsulation of data packets for communication with VPN nodes. Configuration and connection of a client are further enhanced by a built-in DNS server and other functional servers to provide a high degree of autonomy in establishing connections to a desired VPN gateway via an ISP or other public and/or private network links to. The interface unit then performs required authentication exchanges, and required encryption key exchanges.