Patent ID: 7805602

Claim:
A method for prioritizing the setup of a plurality of connections in a Virtual Private Network (VPN) serving a plurality of clients, the method comprising: providing an aggregation processor operative to perform functions associated with setting up and managing the connections; predefining at least two Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) client profiles for the VPN, wherein each ISAKMP client profile defines an association with a respective predetermined client category via an ISAKMP match identity command; adding a priority command to the ISAKMP client profiles, the priority commands indicating a plurality of different priorities; initiating, by the aggregation processor, connections in the VPN for at least two clients; matching, by the aggregation processor, the at least two clients with respective profiles selected from the at least two ISAKMP predefined client profiles; setting up, by the aggregation processor, the VPN connections for the at least two clients according to the priorities of the predefined ISAKMP client profiles.