Robert Dunham Short

TL;DR: In this article, a load balancer that distributes packets across different transmission paths according to transmission path quality is introduced, along with a DNS proxy server that transparently creates a virtual private network in response to a domain name inquiry.

TL;DR: A secure domain name service for a computer network is disclosed that includes a portal connected to the Internet, and a domain name database that stores secure computer network addresses for the computer network as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, a technique for establishing a secure communication link between a first computer and a second computer over a computer network has been described, where one or more data values that vary according to a pseudo-random sequence are inserted into each data packet.

TL;DR: In this paper, a load balancer distributes packets across weighted transmission paths according to transmission path quality, which is monitored and updated from time to time, and weights assigned to various transmission paths may correspond to a relative number of packets to be transmitted on each respective transmission path.

TL;DR: In this paper, a system for connecting a first network device and a second network device includes one or more servers, which are configured to: (a) receive, from the first device, a request to look up a network address of the second device based on an identifier associated with the second one; (b) determine, in response to the request, whether the second node is available for a secure communications service; and (c) initiate a virtual private network communication link between the node and the node based on a determination that the node is not available for the secure communication service