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VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK MANAGEMENT

  • US 20090287810A1
  • Filed: 07/29/2009
  • Published: 11/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing Virtual Private Network (VPN) devices, the method comprisingmaintaining in a first centralized VPN Information Provider (VIP), multiple VPN configurations of VPN devices belonging to a first VPN, wherein more than one organization or VPN site is participating in the first VPN with at least one device,providing, from the first centralized VIP to a first VPN device belonging to the first VPN, VPN configuration of at least one other VPN device of another organization participating in the first VPN, the VPN configuration being one of said multiple VPN configurations, andmanaging at least some security aspects of said first VPN device belonging to the first VPN from at least one other management system separate from the first centralized VIP, when said at least some security aspects should not be shared by all organizations, VPN sites or VPN devices belonging to the first VPN.

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