Patent ID: 8423631

Claim:
A method of 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 method comprising: sorting outgoing datagrams into one of at least three categories using a computer processor at said remote 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; sending datagrams in said first category directly to said central network location along said split virtual private network tunnel, using said computer processor; sending datagrams in said second category directly to said approved Internet protocol addresses along said split virtual private network tunnel, using said computer processor; and sending datagrams in said third category to said scanning service website along said split virtual private network tunnel, using said computer processor.