Method and system for protecting a service access link

An application server comprising:

• hardware and software, said application server being linked to a data transmission network in which data stored on a remote content server is accessible from a first terminal to which said data is to be provided by utilizing an electronic address, the application server being configured to create, in a reverse proxy server, a temporary masking electronic address associated with an electronic address of the remote content server, said creation of said masking electronic address being initiated in response to a sending of a request by a second terminal to set up a communication session to the first terminal;
• said application server also being configured to send the two associated addresses to a reverse proxy server linked to the first terminal, wherein the electronic address of the remote content server is always unknown to the first terminal, said application server also being configured to deactivate the masking electronic address in the reverse proxy server after a predetermined time period or in response to an event in the communication session.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program including instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method of providing secure access to data stored on a remote content server and accessible from a first terminal to which said data is to be provided by utilizing an electronic address, the method comprising:

• a) creating in a reverse proxy server and for a given validity period a masking electronic address associated with an electronic address of the remote content server, said creation of said masking electronic address being initiated in response to a sending of a request by a second terminal to set up a communication session to the first terminal;
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• b) communication of the masking electronic address by the reverse proxy server to the first terminal, wherein the electronic address of the remote content server is always unknown to the first terminal, wherein said method further comprises deactivating the masking electronic address in the reverse proxy server after a predetermined time period or in response to an event in the communication session.

A system for providing secure access to data stored on a remote content server and accessible from a first terminal to which said data is to be provided by utilizing an electronic address, the system comprising:

• an application server comprising hardware and software, said application server being configured to create in a reverse proxy server and for a given validity period a masking electronic address associated with an electronic address of the remote content server, said application server also being configured to create said masking electronic address in response to a sending of a request by a second terminal to set up a communication session to the first terminal and to deactivate the masking electronic address in the reverse proxy server after a predetermined time period or in response to an event in the communication session;
• and said reverse proxy server, said reverse proxy server being configured to communicate the masking electronic address to the first terminal such that the electronic address of the remote content server is always unknown to the first terminal.