Patent ID: 7209479
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a virtual private network (VPN) over a telecommunications network, comprising steps of: sending a request from a first VPN device to an on-line database connected to the telecommunications network for obtaining a secure domain name address associated with a second VPN device; sending a request from the first VPN device to the second VPN device for establishing a VPN between the first and second VPN devices, the request including a first signed certificate having at least one verified VPN parameter for the first VPN device; receiving a reply at the first VPN device from the second VPN device, the reply including a second signed certificate having at least one verified VPN parameter for the second VPN device; and establishing the VPN between the first and second VPN devices based on each verified VPN parameter for each of the first and second VPN devices.