Patent ID: 8387131
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a computing system environment, a method of enforcing a secure internet connection by way of a mobile, endpoint computing device, comprising: pre-defining a security policy for the endpoint computing device based on a location of the endpoint computing device; at that location, establishing an internet connection from the endpoint computing device to another computing device; by the endpoint computing device, automatically launching a VPN tunnel connection between the endpoint computing device and the another computing device including forcing packet traffic of the internet connection through the VPN tunnel connection and a port of the endpoint computing device assigned by the security policy; and at the endpoint computing device, monitoring the packet traffic to ensure that all said packet traffic of the internet connection is forced through the VPN tunnel connection in compliance with the security policy and determining whether said packet traffic is attempted over ports of the endpoint computing device other than the assigned port.