Third party VPN certification
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1. A method of creating a virtual private network (VPN) between first and second devices, comprising:
- from the first device querying an online database to request a secure domain name address of the second device, wherein the querying supplies a remote name of a pre-authorized VPN name pair to the online database;
receiving the secure domain name address in response to the querying;
forwarding to and receiving from the second device respective verified certificates for the VPN connection, wherein the certificates each contain at least one verified VPN parameter for the first and second devices, respectively; and
establishing a VPN connection using the VPN parameters.
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Abstract
A virtual private network (VPN) over a telecommunications network is created by sending a request from a first VPN device to a second VPN device for establishing a VPN between the first and second VPN devices. The request includes a first signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the first VPN device. A reply is received at the first VPN device from the second VPN device that includes a second signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the second VPN device. The VPN is established between the first and second VPN devices based on each verified VPN parameter for each of the first and second VPN devices.
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1. A method of creating a virtual private network (VPN) between first and second devices, comprising:
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from the first device querying an online database to request a secure domain name address of the second device, wherein the querying supplies a remote name of a pre-authorized VPN name pair to the online database; receiving the secure domain name address in response to the querying; forwarding to and receiving from the second device respective verified certificates for the VPN connection, wherein the certificates each contain at least one verified VPN parameter for the first and second devices, respectively; and establishing a VPN connection using the VPN parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing the following on a first device:
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forwarding a query to an online database to request a secure domain name address of a second device, wherein the query supplies a remote name of a pre-authorized VPN name pair to the online database; receiving the secure domain name address in response to the forwarding of the query; forwarding to and receiving from the second device respective verified certificates associated with the VPN connection between the first and second devices using the secure domain name address, wherein the certificates respectively forwarded to the second device and received from the second device each contain at least one verified VPN parameter for the first and second devices, respectively; and establishing a VPN connection using the VPN parameters. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A virtual private network (VPN) device, comprising:
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a memory configured to store a plurality of verified certificates for VPN connections with at least one other device, wherein the certificates include different VPN parameter settings, the certificates are associated with different local names, and wherein the device is associated with the different local names; and a processor configured to receive a request for a VPN connection from a second device, locate a name in the request and compare the name with the plurality of different local names to identify VPN parameter settings for a desired VPN connection. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method of creating a virtual private network (VPN) between first and second devices, comprising:
from the first device; querying an online database of a certification authority to request a secure domain name address for the second device, wherein the querying supplies one VPN parameter that will be used to establish the VPN between the first and second devices; receiving a signed certificate containing a second VPN parameter for use by the first device to establish a VPN connection if the VPN connection between the first and second devices has been preauthorized; and using the VPN parameters to establish the VPN.
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22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing the following on a first device:
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forwarding a query to an online database of a certification authority to request a secure domain name address for a second device, wherein the query supplies one VPN parameter that will be used to establish a VPN between the first and second device; receiving a signed certificate containing a second VPN parameter for use by the first device to establish a VPN connection if the VPN connection between the first and second devices has been preauthorized; and establishing a VPN connection using the VPN parameters.
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