Computer communication system for communication via public networks

Abstract

A computer communication system, comprising a client computer (1) with an installed virtual private network (VPN) client (41) and located in a public network (3), at least one server computer (9a, 9b, 9c) located in a corporate network (8), a web server (10) remote from said client computer (1), a gateway computer (20) located in said corporate network, and a VPN server computer (30) located in said corporate network (8). The computer communication system is adapted to run following steps of providing a safe VPN communication connection between said client (1) and at least one of said server computers (9a, 9b, 9c): said client computer (1), using a WEB browser (40), downloads an application (12) from said VPN server computer (30), and said downloaded application (12) automatically configures the VPN client (41) installed on said client computer (1) and establishes a tunnelled connection (50) from said client computer (1) to said corporate network (8), wherein all packets generated by the installed VPN client (41) are forwarded through said tunnelled connection (50) via the gateway computer (20) to the VPN server (30) in said corporate network (8).

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