Method and system for pervasive access to secure file transfer servers
US9800550B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/168
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
End-to-end file transfer security for file transfer is provided over a network such as the Internet between a client, using a secure communication protocol which is pervasively available, such as HTTPS, to a secure file server which is accessible only through a secure file transfer protocol which is not pervasively available by using a secure proxy for accessing the secure file server rather than providing a protocol break merely for traversing a firewall. The secure proxy is arranged to provide a protocol conversion between the pervasively available secure protocol and the communication protocol through which the server is accessible and which is not pervasively available. By doing so, the secure proxy inherits secure functions of the secure server which thus need not be separately or independently provided in the secure proxy.
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