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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Virnetx, Inc., Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Victor Larson, Fairfax, VA (US);
Robert Dunham Short, III, Lexington, VA (US);
Edmund Colby Munger, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
Michael Williamson, South Riding, VA (US);
VirnetX, Inc., Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Abstract
A method for connecting a first network device to a second network device includes receiving a request to resolve a network address of the second network device. The request includes a name associated with the second network device that corresponds to the network address. The request is evaluated to confirm that the name is registered with a name service that facilitates resolving the name and facilitates establishing communication links, which use encryption, between the first network device and the second network device over the network. It is determined whether the second network device is available to establish the communication link. If so, the communication link is automatically established, including sending a signal to a provisioning server to provision the first network device or the second network device with a resource for the communication link.