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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jeff Sharkey, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process is disclosed in which all network traffic between a mobile device and an untrusted network arriving before the establishment of a VPN tunnel are dropped in response to rules imposed by the mobile device's operating system. Once a VPN tunnel is established all communication from the mobile device is secured, without an intervention on the part of the user of the device. A device supporting such a process is also disclosed.