Patent ID: 8443435
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing, with a virtual private network (VPN) handler executing on a client device, a first VPN connection to a first VPN concentrator of an enterprise network; receiving with the VPN handler a network address of a second VPN concentrator and a resource list from the first VPN concentrator, wherein the resource list maps a set of resources of the enterprise network to the first VPN concentrator and the second VPN concentrator of the enterprise network; processing an outbound network communication with the VPN handler to determine a target resource of the enterprise network for the outbound network communication; comparing the target resource to the resource list to determine whether the target resource of the enterprise network is serviced by the first VPN concentrator; when the target resource is serviced by the first VPN concentrator, forwarding the outbound network communication from the client device to the first VPN concentrator via the first VPN connection; and when the target resource is not serviced by the first VPN concentrator, automatically establishing a second VPN connection from the VPN handler of the client device to the second VPN concentrator of the enterprise network and forwarding the outbound network communication to the second VPN concentrator via the second VPN connection.