Invention Application
- Patent Title: ROUTING NETWORK TRAFFIC USING ROUTER-TERMINATED VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) CLIENT SESSIONS
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Application No.: US17075394Application Date: 2020-10-20
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Publication No.: US20220124071A1Publication Date: 2022-04-21
- Inventor: Ethan Wright , Wystan Schmidt , Micah Labbee
- Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract:
Routing network traffic using router-terminated virtual private network (VPN) client sessions is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a router computing device receives an indication of an association between a client computing device and VPN configuration data for a VPN, the indication comprising an identifier of the client computing device and the VPN configuration data. The router computing device binds a VPN client session instantiated by the router computing device to a network interface and implements a firewall rule to route network traffic to and from the client computing device via the network interface. The router computing device establishes a connection with the VPN using the VPN client session and the VPN configuration data. Finally, the router computing device receives network traffic for the client computing device and routes the network traffic via the network interface.
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