Initializing and reconfiguring a secure network interface
AssigneeFreegate Corporation
InventorsJean-Marc Frailong, Charles A. Price, Joseph John Tardo
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a initializing and reconfiguring a network interface device connecting a client computer system to an external network. The network interface device is configured for the client system by automated procedures and protocols initiated from a remote server. Software programs within the network interface device provide transparent communication between the client computer system and services available on the external network. Similar software programs and a configuration database within the network interface device provide transparent communication between the client computer system and the remote server.
Claims14
A method of initializing a network interface device coupled between a first network and a second network, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing an on-line registration form for input of client identification and client configuration information;
- storing said client identification and said client configuration information in a first database on a server computer coupled to said second network;
- providing a registration key to a user of a client computer coupled to said first network;
- receiving log-in information from said client computer on said server computer;
- verifying authenticity of said log-in information;
- transmitting a configuration file to said network interface device from said server computer upon verification of said log-in information;
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- marking said registration key as a used registration key to prevent a subsequent use by a different network interface device.
An article of manufacture embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine for initializing a network interface device coupled between a first network and a second network, the program of instructions including instructions for:
- providing an on-line registration form for input of client identification and client configuration information;
- storing said client identification and said client configuration information in a first database on a server computer coupled to said second network;
- providing a registration key to a user of a client computer coupled to said first network;
- receiving log-in information from said client computer on said server computer;
- verifying authenticity of said log-in information;
- transmitting a configuration file to said network interface device from said server computer upon verification of said log-in information;
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- marking said registration key as a used registration key to prevent a subsequent use by a different network interface device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.