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AssigneeMartello Technologies Corporation
InventorsBill Kuker, Ryan Tenney, Clement Tse
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In order to provide secure user access to a device or service on a remote network, upon receipt of a request to access the device or service on a portal on a central server, a request is sent to a probe application installed on the remote network to establish a secure link to the central server. A message is then sent to the user directing the user to initiate a specific session request to the central server. The session request is cross connected to the probe application installed on the remote network over the secure link to establish a secure tunnel to the probe application. A secure user session is set up through the secure tunnel to the device or service via the probe application.
A method of providing secure user access to a device or service on a remote network, comprising:
A system for providing secure user access to a device or service on a remote network, comprising:
A system for providing secure user access to a device or service on a remote network, comprising:
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Wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload: applying multiple layers of encryption, e.g. nested…
Interconnection of networks: virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN]
Wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload: applying encryption by an intermediary, e.g. receiving…
Implementing security features at a particular protocol layer: at the network layer
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This invention relates to the field of networking, and in particular to a method and system for providing secure external client access to a device or service on a remote network.
Users often require secure access to remote networks. For example, travelling sales personnel or teleworkers might require remote access to their office networks. Traditionally such access has been provided using virtual private networks (VPNs). However, only one VPN session can be run at one time, and VPN clients do not work with other VPN servers.
Managing network systems and equipment is also getting more and more complicated with the growing addition of many types of systems and services to the network. Voice services, a real-time critical system, have now migrated into this area as well, bringing all the complexity that goes along with them. Trying to manage a network externally is a major problem, especially from a security standpoint, as typically networks can only be managed locally within the network.
The invention will now be described in more detail, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
FIG. 1 shows the basic components of the system;
FIG. 2 shows the steps involved in setting up a remote connection;
The basic architecture of the novel system is shown in FIG. 1. A user 10 communicates with a device 20 or service on a remote network 16 over the Internet 12 via a web page provided by a web server located on a central server 14, referred to herein as MarCentral.
The user may wish to access a device or service on the remote network 16. The system runs under a remote access application on the central server 14.
The invention is typically implemented as a third party service, where a service provider or valued added reseller offers a web page allowing a user to login and access a device on a specific network.