Patent ID: 8451806

Claim:
A method for determining an intranet internet protocol address assigned to a user logged into a network via a secure socket layer virtual private network connection (SSL VPN), the method comprising the steps of: (a) assigning, by an appliance providing access to a network, a unique intranet internet protocol address on the network to each SSL VPN session of each user of a plurality of users, the unique intranet internet protocol address from a plurality of internet protocol addresses designated to the respective user for accessing the network via the appliance, each user establishing a respective SSL VPN session via the appliance to the network, each unique intranet internet protocol address hosted by the appliance and different from an internet protocol address of a device operated by the respective user of the plurality of users, the appliance assigning the unique intranet internet protocol address to subsequent SSL VPN sessions of the respective user while the user roams from the device to another device of the respective user for connecting to the network; (b) storing, by the appliance, in a domain name service an association of an intranet internet protocol address assigned to an SSL VPN session of a first user of the plurality of users with a user domain name unique to the SSL VPN session of the first user, the user domain name comprising a domain name suffix appended to an identifier of the first user; (c) receiving, by the appliance, a request for the intranet internet protocol address of the user domain name; (d) determining, by the appliance, from the domain name service the intranet internet protocol address associated with the user domain name; and (e) providing, by the appliance, in response to the request, the intranet internet protocol address assigned to the SSL VPN session of the first user.