Patent ID: 11882097
Assignee: UAB 360 IT
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with a virtual private network (VPN), cause the processor to:
determine first substitute domain information by utilizing a hashing function to hash a first time marker and a string of alphanumeric characters, the first substitute domain information being associated with reaching a VPN service provider;
determine that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the first substitute domain information;
determine second substitute domain information by utilizing the hashing function to hash a second time marker and the string of alphanumeric characters, the second time marker being different than the first time marker; and
transmit a connection request utilizing the second substitute domain information to reach the VPN service provider based at least in part on determining that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the first substitute domain information.