Patent attributes
A method including configuring a VPN server to utilize, during an established VPN connection between the VPN server and a user device, a first exit IP address to transmit a first query to a host device for retrieving data of interest; configuring the VPN server to predict or determine potential overloading of the VPN server based on a breach of a critical threshold; configuring the VPN server to establish, based on predicting or determining the breach, a secure connection with a secondary server; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, to the secondary server over the secure connection, an encrypted message identifying the host device and the data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to request the data of interest based on utilizing a second exit IP address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.