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

Claim 0:
1. A method in a virtual private network (VPN) service environment, the method comprising:
determining, by a processor, 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;
determining, by the processor, that the VPN service provider is unreachable via utilization of the first substitute domain information;
determining, by the processor, 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
transmitting, by the processor, 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.