Patent ID: 8606939
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring an on-demand secure connection between a control site and a client network, comprising: establishing a partner tunnel from said control site to a partner site, wherein said partner tunnel terminates at said partner site; prompting the establishment of a primary tunnel from said partner site to an edge device of said client network with the control site via the partner tunnel, wherein the client network includes multiple sub-networks located within corresponding sub-layers of said client network, and wherein the primary tunnel is configured to couple the partner site with the client network; and prompting the recursive establishment of one or more nested tunnels from said partner site through one or more sub-layers of said client network, wherein each of said nested tunnels is established inside of the primary tunnel and any nested tunnel previously established for upper sub-layers of said client network, each nested tunnel extending out of a previous tunnel and into the next layer at an edge device of a next sub-layer of the client network, wherein said recursive establishment comprises: