Patent ID: 9178697
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising; generating, at a first device, key information for a connection of the first device to a virtual private network (VPN); generating, at the first device, a plurality of shares from the key information; wherein the plurality of shares includes a first set of one or more shares and a second set of one or more shares; wherein the first set of one or more shares is different than the second set of one or more shares; causing the first set of one or more shares to be stored on a second device that is paired to the first device; causing the second set of one or more shares to be stored on the first device; in response to a request to resume the connection of the first device to the VPN; requiring that a user of the first device provide authentication information to reauthenticate the first device for the connection to the VPN if the first device is not able to fetch the first set of one or more shares from the second device; and reconstructing the key information from the first set of one or more shares and the second set of one or more shares to resume the connection between the first device and the VPN if the first device is able to fetch the first set of one or more shares from the second device.