US 2017/0257463 A1 · CONFIGURING INITIAL SETTINGS OF A NETWORK SECURITY DEVICE VIA A HAND-HELD COMPUTING DEVICE

Abstract

Process, equipment, and computer program product code for configuring a network security device using a hand-held computing device are provided. Default initial settings for a network security device are received by a mobile application running on a hand-held computing device. The default initial settings represent settings that allow the network security device to be remotely managed via a network to which the network security device is coupled. The default initial settings are presented to a network administrator via a touch-screen display of the hand-held computing device. Revisions to or acceptance of the default initial settings are received by the mobile application. The mobile application causes the network security device to be configured with the revised or accepted default initial settings by delivering the settings to the network security device via a management interface to which the hand-held computing device is coupled via a connecting cable.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

prompting, by a mobile application running on a hand-held computer device, a network administrator using the hand-held computer device to connect the hand-held computer device to a Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance associated with a protected network that is to be configured for remote configuration/management via the protected network;
responsive to establishment of a physical connection between a Universal Serial Bus (USB) management interface socket of the UTM appliance and a port of the hand-held computer device via a cable having a Universal Serial Bus (USB) A-type connector one end, displaying, by the mobile application, default initial settings of the UTM appliance to the network administrator via a display of the hand-held computing device;
receiving, by the mobile application, revisions to or acceptance of the default initial settings;
and
causing the UTM appliance to be configured to facilitate remote management/configuration of the UTM appliance via the protected network by delivering, by the mobile application, information regarding the revised or accepted default initial settings to the UTM appliance via the cable.

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A hand-held computing device comprising:

a display;
non-transitory storage device having embodied therein instructions representing a mobile application;
and
one or more processors coupled to the non-transitory storage device and operable to execute the mobile application to perform a method comprising:
prompting a network administrator using the hand-held computer device to connect the hand-held computer device to a Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance associated with a protected network that is to be configured for remote configuration/management via the protected network;
responsive to establishment of a physical connection between a Universal Serial Bus (USB) management interface socket of the UTM appliance and a port of the hand-held computer device via a cable having a Universal Serial Bus (USB) A-type connector one end, displaying default initial settings of the UTM appliance to the network administrator via a display of the hand-held computing device;
receiving revisions to or acceptance of the default initial settings;
and
causing the UTM appliance to be configured to facilitate remote management/configuration of the UTM appliance via the protected network by delivering information regarding the revised or accepted default initial settings to the UTM appliance via the cable.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions representing a mobile application, which when executed by one or more processors of a hand-held computing device, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

prompting a network administrator using the hand-held computer device to connect the hand-held computer device to a Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance associated with a protected network that is to be configured for remote configuration/management via the protected network;
responsive to establishment of a physical connection between a Universal Serial Bus (USB) management interface socket of the UTM appliance and a port of the hand-held computer device via a cable having a Universal Serial Bus (USB) A-type connector one end, displaying default initial settings of the UTM appliance to the network administrator via a display of the hand-held computing device;
receiving revisions to or acceptance of the default initial settings;
and
causing the UTM appliance to be configured to facilitate remote management/configuration of the UTM appliance via the protected network by delivering information regarding the revised or accepted default initial settings to the UTM appliance via the cable.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Configuring initial settings of a network security device via a hand-held computing device

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Configuring initial settings of a network security device via a hand-held computing device

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