Apparatus for implementing virtual private networks
US6173399A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Protocols and architecture for secure virtual private networks. Intraenterprise data communications are supported in a secure manner over the Internet or other public network space with the implementation of secure virtual private networks. Members of a virtual private network group exchange data that may be compressed, encrypted and authenticated, if the exchange is between members of the group.
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