Patents by Inventor Umesh Muniyappa

Umesh Muniyappa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for providing a virtual private network
    Patent number: 6092200
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing a virtual private network provides a technique for automatically configuring nodes of the network. The nodes are established to include a master node. Each node includes a public key and a private key for cryptographic communication in a first mode, such as RSA. Configuration data regarding communication in the network is provided to the master node. The configuration data is securely transferred into each other node from the master node. Nodes communicate with each other based upon a configuration data. The configuration data can include cryptographic key data related to a second cryptographic mode such as Diffie-Hellman.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Umesh Muniyappa, Alampoondi Eswaran Natarajan, Radia Joy Porlman, Nicholas Michael Brailas, Michael Terzich