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Virtual private network management system

  • US 6,931,016 B1
  • Filed: 10/13/1999
  • Issued: 08/16/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing a virtual private network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request for a given network device to join a given virtual private network having a set of network devices, the request being received from the given network device, the request having a given network device identifier that identifies the given network device;

    retrieving, from a network device memory set, a set of network device identifiers that identify all network devices in the set of network devices;

    forwarding a notify message to each network device in the set of network devices, the notify message including the given network device identifier;

    forwarding a join message to the given network device, the join message including the set of network device identifiers;

    establishing an encrypted communication tunnel between the given network device and at least one of the set of network devices; and

    storing, in the network device memory set, the given network device identifier.

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