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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Seok-min Lee, Seongnam Si, KR;
Nam-soo Jeon, Suwon Si, KR;
Seung-woo Nam, Seoul, KR;
Jin-yong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seok-Min Lee, Seongnam Si, KR;
Nam-Soo Jeon, Suwon Si, KR;
Seung-Woo Nam, Seoul, KR;
Jin-Yong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung SDS Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a virtual private network (VPN) service based on mutual authentication are provided, the apparatus including a storage unit configured to store a first public key and a second public key; an authentication unit configured to authenticate a VPN server with the first public key and to authenticate a user device with the second public key; and a tunnel management unit configured to generate a first VPN tunnel and a second VPN tunnel to relay data between the user device and the VPN server based on the authentication of the VPN server and the user device by the authentication unit.