Methods and apparatus for securing access to a computer
US6631417B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and an apparatus are provided for providing secure communications around a firewall. The firewall is configured to only pass packets if they originate on a more protected side of the firewall or if they are in response to such a packet. A persistent secure connection is made from a connection manager program inside the firewall to a server outside the firewall. A protocol request message is then sent from the connection manager to the server over the secure connection. Requests arriving from a client are embedded in a protocol response message and sent to the connection manager program. After processing, the results, if any, are sent as a protocol request message to the server, which extracts the result from the protocol request message and puts the result in a protocol response message, which is sent to the requesting client.
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