NEGOTIATING VPN TUNNEL ESTABLISHMENT PARAMETERS ON USER'S INTERACTION

摘要

A communication device is able to establish a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel with a VPN server/gateway. The communication device includes a communication application that is able to communicate time-sensitive information with the server/gateway ov er the tunnel. In response to an interaction of a user with this communication application, th e device triggers a renegotiation with the server/gateway of at least one establishment paramete r of the tunnel if any establishment parameter of the tunnel will expire in less than a predefined amount of time.