Techniques for accessing a backup system

A computerized client device, comprising:

• a user interface;
• a network interface;
• a controller coupled to the user interface and the network interface, the controller to:
• receive, through the user interface, a logon command to logon a user to a website of a backup system, the backup system including (i) a backup server and (ii) a web server which hosts the website to enable the user to control settings of the backup server,
• in response to receiving the logon command, send a token request to the backup server through the network interface and a pre-established secure data pathway between the computerized client device and the backup server, data being periodically backed up from the computerized client device to the backup server through the network interface and the pre-established secure data pathway in a secure manner,
• in response to sending the token request, acquire a logon token from the backup server through the network interface and the pre-established secure data pathway between the computerized client device and the backup server, the website hosted by the web server being constructed and arranged to communicate with the backup server to determine whether the logon token is authentic when the website receives the logon token during a logon operation;
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• provide the logon token to the website during the logon operation to logon the user to the website of the backup system,
• wherein the controller, when providing the logon token to the website during the logon operation, is to transmit the logon token from the computerized client device to the web server through a second pathway which is different than the pre-established secure data pathway between the computerized client device and the backup server;
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• at least one hardware processor to implement the controller.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores a set of instructions which, when carried out by a computerized client device, cause the computerized client device to:

• receive a logon command to logon a user to a website of the backup system, the backup system including (i) a backup server and (ii) a web server which hosts the website to enable the user to control settings of the backup server;
• in response to receiving the logon command, send a token request to the backup server through a pre-established secure data pathway between the computerized client device and the backup server, data being periodically backed up from the computerized client device to the backup server through the pre-established secure data pathway in a secure manner;
• in response to sending the token request, acquire a logon token from the backup server through the pre-established secure data pathway between the computerized client device and the backup server, the website hosted by the web server being constructed and arranged to communicate with the backup server to determine whether the logon token is authentic when the website receives the logon token during a logon operation;
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• provide the logon token to the website during the logon operation to logon the user to the website of the backup system,
• wherein the set of instructions further cause the computerized client device, when providing the logon token to the website during the logon operation, to transmit the logon token from the computerized client device to the web server through a second pathway which is different than the pre-established secure data pathway between the computerized client device and the backup server.