Reducing network configuration complexity with transparent virtual private networks

• Main Authors: HUITEMA, CHRISTIAN, SHELEST, ART
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.07.2010
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A firewall acts as a transparent gateway to a server within a private network by initiating an unsolicited challenge to a client to provide authentication credentials. After receiving the client's credentials, the firewall verifies the authentication credentials and establishes a secure channel...