Patent ID: 8213393

Claim:
A method for assigning, by an appliance, one of a plurality of multiple intranet internet protocol addresses of a network to a user when the user accesses the network via a secure socket layer virtual private network connection (SSL VPN), the method comprising the steps of: (a) designating, via an appliance, a plurality of intranet internet protocol addresses of a first network to a first user accessing the first network via one or more SSL VPN sessions, the appliance providing SSL VPN connectivity between the first network and a client on a second network, each of the plurality of intranet internet protocol addresses for assigning to one or more SSL VPN sessions of a user and different from addresses of clients operated by the user; (b) receiving, by the appliance, a request from the client operated by the first user to establish a SSL VPN session with the first network; and (c) assigning, by the appliance, to the established SSL VPN session of the first user as an internet protocol address on the first network, a first intranet internet protocol address from the plurality of intranet internet protocol addresses, the first intranet internet protocol address previously assigned to another SSL VPN session of the first user.