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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Victor Larson, Fairfax, VA (US);
Robert Dunham Short, Iii, Leesburg, VA (US);
Edmund Colby Munger, Crownsville, MD (US);
Michael Williamson, South Riding, VA (US);
Victor Larson, Fairfax, VA (US);
Robert Dunham Short, III, Leesburg, VA (US);
Edmund Colby Munger, Crownsville, MD (US);
Michael Williamson, South Riding, VA (US);
VirnetX, Inc., Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Abstract
A system for and method of establishing a secure communication link is disclosed. The method comprises: (1) generating a Domain Name Service (DNS) request; (2) determining that the DNS request corresponds a first computer configured to communicate securely; (3) sending, based on the determination, a request to establish a secure communication link with the first computer configured to communicate securely, the request including an identifier of a client device used to determine whether the client device is authorized to communicate with the first computer; (4) receiving, in response to the request to establish a secure communication link, a resource used to establish the secure communication link; (5) automatically establishing the secure communication link using the received resource; and (6) communicating securely with the first computer over the established secure communication link.