US 12,081,524 B2
Globally available VPN as a service
Shyamshankar Dharmarajan, Redmond, WA (US); and Sumit Gupta, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,663.
Prior Publication US 2023/0412567 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0272 (2013.01) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for virtual private network (VPN) as a service, the method comprising:
receiving a domain name request at a domain name system (DNS), the domain name request being received from a tenant premise equipment and including a domain name of a plurality of domain names associated with a VPN service;
identifying, by the DNS and based on the domain name, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a node of nodes dedicated to servicing traffic of the domain name; and
establishing, by the DNS, a VPN tunnel between the tenant premise equipment and the identified node.