Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to the use of a set of dynamically modifiable rules for a computing and communications system. An example method of use involves a first computing device applying a first set of dynamically modifiable rules for operating upon data. The first computing device detects a data activity that violates the first set of dynamically modifiable rules and conveys to a second computing device a request to modify the first set of dynamically modifiable rules. The second computing device may have an authority to autonomously grant permission to modify the first set of dynamically modifiable rules without human intervention. The first computing device may receive from the second computing device, an approval to modify the first set of dynamically modifiable rules, and may start applying a second set of dynamically modifiable rules that is a modified version of the first set of dynamically modifiable rules.

Abstract: A VPN connection request is received from a user device. Two or more VPN servers are associated with a single entry Internet Protocol (IP) address. The two or more VPN servers includes a first VPN server and a second VPN server. The single entry IP address is transmitted to the user device. A secure VPN connection is established between the user device and the first VPN server using the single entry IP address. The secure VPN connection is switched to the second VPN server when the first VPN server becomes unavailable such that the secure VPN connection remains intact and the user device continues to communicate via the single entry IP address.

Abstract: A virtual private network (VPN) tunnel is established between a user device and a VPN gateway. The VPN gateway transmits first packets received from the user device to a first exit VPN server. A first subset of the first packets is transmitted by the first exit VPN server to a first target and a second subset of the first packets is transmitted by the first exit VPN server to a second target. A second exit VPN server that is different from the first exit VPN server is identified based on the first packets. Second packets are received by the VPN gateway from the user device. At least a subset of the second packets are transmitted to the second exit VPN server for forwarding to the second target.

Abstract: A method and system for a VPN setup in which one of the peers' outgoing traffic is dynamically rerouted to exit VPN servers based on infrastructure or user requirements without losing the initial connection state or leaking unencrypted network traffic is described. One exemplary embodiment describes a method for a client to change their routing to multiple server locations. Another exemplary embodiment describes a method for the entry VPN servers to reroute traffic based on strategic traffic analysis.

Abstract: A method in a first virtual private network (VPN) server associated with clustering a plurality of VPN servers in a clustered network, the method including receiving, from a VPN service provider (VSP) control infrastructure, VPN data associated with a user device having an established VPN connection with the clustered network; and communicating, utilizing key information, the VPN data with the user device during the established VPN connection. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: Automatic network configuration includes obtaining, by a virtual private network service provider infrastructure system, ranking data for data transport pathways between the virtual private network service provider infrastructure system and an external system, wherein a respective data transport pathway from the data transport pathways includes a respective exit node in the virtual private network service provider infrastructure system in communication with a respective entry node in the external system, wherein obtaining the ranking data includes obtaining at least a portion of the ranking data by testing a service provided by the external system via the entry node, and allocating, by the virtual private network service provider infrastructure system, a data transport pathway from the data transport pathways to a communication session, wherein the data transport pathway is a highest-ranking data transport pathway in the ranking data.

Abstract: Automatic network configuration includes obtaining, by a service provider infrastructure system, ranking data for data transport pathways between the service provider infrastructure system and an external system, wherein a respective data transport pathway from the data transport pathways includes a respective exit node in the service provider infrastructure system in communication with a respective entry node in the external system, wherein obtaining the ranking data includes obtaining at least a portion of the ranking data by testing a service provided by the external system via the entry node, and allocating, by the service provider infrastructure system, a data transport pathway from the data transport pathways to a communication session, wherein the data transport pathway is a highest-ranking data transport pathway in the ranking data.

Abstract: A method in a first virtual private network (VPN) server associated with clustering a plurality of VPN servers in a clustered network, the method including receiving, from a VPN service provider (VSP) control infrastructure, VPN data associated with a user device having an established VPN connection with the clustered network; and communicating, utilizing key information, the VPN data with the user device during the established VPN connection. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method and system for a VPN setup in which one of the peers' outgoing traffic is dynamically rerouted to exit VPN servers based on infrastructure or user requirements without losing the initial connection state or leaking unencrypted network traffic is described. One exemplary embodiment describes a method for a client to change their routing to multiple server locations. Another exemplary embodiment describes a method for the entry VPN servers to reroute traffic based on strategic traffic analysis.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to method and system for establishing, by an individual VPN customer or a plurality of VPN customers, a multi-path failure-resistant connectivity to a VPN service while ensuring no unencrypted customer traffic is ever exposed in a public network. The additional aspects of the method and system disclosed is the constant connectivity assessment executed and the automatically triggered recovery mechanism incorporated.

Abstract: A method and system for a VPN setup in which one of the peers' outgoing traffic is dynamically rerouted to exit VPN servers based on infrastructure or user requirements without losing the initial connection state or leaking unencrypted network traffic is described. One exemplary embodiment describes a method for a client to change their routing to multiple server locations. Another exemplary embodiment describes a method for the entry VPN servers to reroute traffic based on strategic traffic analysis.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to method and system for establishing, by an individual VPN customer or a plurality of VPN customers, a multi-path failure-resistant connectivity to a VPN service while ensuring no unencrypted customer traffic is ever exposed in a public network. The additional aspects of the method and system disclosed is the constant connectivity assessment executed and the automatically triggered recovery mechanism incorporated.