METHOD APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING SECURED CONNECTION TO A COMPUTERIZED DEVICE

摘要

When establishing a communications channel to a wireless network (28), through a wireless connection (46), a computerized device (30) receives an Internet protocol (IP) address (34) from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server (32) associated with the wireless network. The computerized device is configured with a table or list (40) of IP addresses associated with wireless networks requiring a VPN or secure connection. The computerized device compares the IP address received from the DHCP server with the IP address entries of the table stored by the computerized device. If the computerized device detects a correspondence between the IP address received from the DHCP server and an IP address entry within the table, the computerized device automatically initiates a secure or VPN connection with the wireless network.