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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2005
Abolade Gbadegesin, Seattle, WA (US);
Arvind M. Murching, Sammamish, WA (US);
David G. Thaler, Redmond, WA (US);
Henry L. Sanders, Kirkland, WA (US);
Narendra C. Gidwani, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul G. Mayfield, Sammamish, WA (US);
Abolade Gbadegesin, Seattle, WA (US);
Arvind M. Murching, Sammamish, WA (US);
David G. Thaler, Redmond, WA (US);
Henry L. Sanders, Kirkland, WA (US);
Narendra C. Gidwani, Kirkland, WA (US);
Paul G. Mayfield, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A unified architecture for enabling remote access to a network is provided. The network may comprise, as examples, a virtual private network (VPN) and/or a peer-to-peer network. In one embodiment, the architecture includes components installed on a client device/node and a gateway/supernode. Components implemented on the client device may facilitate access in a manner similar to that of a traditional VPN, while components on the gateway may facilitate access in a manner similar to an application proxy. Communication between the client device and gateway may occur, as an example, via a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication protocol.