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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK

  • US 20100241846A1
  • Filed: 06/04/2010
  • Published: 09/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • (a) establishing, by a network device, a connection with a client requesting access to a network via the network device;

    (b) transmitting, by the network device, a first program to the client for automatic installation and execution thereon in response to the establishment;

    (c) installing, by the first program upon execution, a second program in a network stack of the client, the second program redirecting to the first program a packet from a client application destined for the network;

    (d) encapsulating, by the first program, payload from the redirected packet; and

    (e) transmitting, by the first program, the encapsulated payload to the network device.

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