Secure network communications in a mobile device over IPsec
First Claim
1. A method of communicating with secure endpoints included within a secured network from a mobile device external to the secured network, the method comprising:
- initiating a virtual private network (VPN) based secure connection to a VPN appliance;
initializing a stealth-based service on the mobile device;
transmitting user credential information from the mobile device to a virtual data relay (VDR) broker via the VPN appliance;
receiving status information from the VDR broker identifying a VDR associated with the mobile device and providing a connected status; and
communicating with one or more secure endpoints within the secured network via a VPN connection to the VDR via the VPN appliance and through the VDR to the one or more secure endpoints within a community of interest based on user credential information transmitted to the VDR broker.
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Abstract
Methods and systems of communicating with secure endpoints included within a secured network from a mobile device external to the secured network is disclosed. The method includes initiating a VPN-based secure connection to a VPN appliance, and initializing a stealth-based service on the mobile device. The method further includes transmitting user credential information from the mobile device to a VDR broker via the VPN appliance, and receiving status information from the VDR broker identifying a VDR associated with the mobile device and providing a connected status. The method also includes communicating with one or more secure endpoints within the secured network via a VPN connection to the VDR via the VPN appliance and through the VDR to the one or more secure endpoints within a community of interest based on the user credential information transmitted to the VDR broker.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of communicating with secure endpoints included within a secured network from a mobile device external to the secured network, the method comprising:
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initiating a virtual private network (VPN) based secure connection to a VPN appliance; initializing a stealth-based service on the mobile device; transmitting user credential information from the mobile device to a virtual data relay (VDR) broker via the VPN appliance; receiving status information from the VDR broker identifying a VDR associated with the mobile device and providing a connected status; and communicating with one or more secure endpoints within the secured network via a VPN connection to the VDR via the VPN appliance and through the VDR to the one or more secure endpoints within a community of interest based on user credential information transmitted to the VDR broker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for enabling communication between a mobile device and one or more secure endpoints included within a secured network, the system comprising:
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a mobile gateway communicatively connectable to the mobile device via a tunneled connection, configured to manage a plurality of a virtual data recorder (VDR) connectivity states for each VDR connection, the plurality of VDR connectivity states including; an inactive state; a request VDR state; an assigned VDR state; a provisioning request state; and a community of interest (COI) active state; the mobile gateway including; a processor operating as a VDR broker and configured to allocate VDRs to mobile devices based on authentication credentials received from the mobile devices and obtain key information to provide to the allocated VDRs for use in secure communications within the secured network; one or more VDRs associated with the mobile device and providing proxied secure communications using the key information obtained from an authentication server based on the authentication credentials provided by the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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