Patent ID: 9143466
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for managing computer network traffic from a remote network location to at least three destinations, said destinations including a central network location, a scanning service website, and websites with approved Internet protocol addresses, wherein said computer network traffic travels to said destinations along a split virtual private network tunnel originating at said remote network location, said system comprising: means for sorting outgoing datagrams into one of at least three categories using a computer processor at said remote network location, wherein a first category is datagrams addressed to said central network location, a second category is datagrams addressed to any of said approved Internet protocol addresses, and a third category is datagrams addressed to any other Internet protocol addresses; means for sending datagrams in said first category directly to said central network location along said split virtual private network tunnel, using said computer processor; means for sending datagrams in said second category directly to said approved Internet protocol addresses along said split virtual private network tunnel, using said computer processor; means for sending datagrams in said third category to said scanning service website along said split virtual private network tunnel, using said computer processor, the scanning service website configured to provide a first scrubbing service for HTTP datagrams and a second scrubbing service for at least one of SMTP, POP, and IMAP datagrams.