Secure one-way interface for a network device

A secure one-way interface for a network device, comprising:

• a network device having status registers for storing information, the network device adapted to be directly coupled to a network via a first connection to provide network device functionality, the network device configured to prevent access to the status registers via the first connection and to allow access to the status registers via a separate second connection;
• a first server coupled to the status registers in the network device via the second connection to read the information stored in the status registers, the first server configured to read the information from the status registers and transmit the information on an output;
• a one-way data link having an input coupled to the output of the first server and an output, the one-way data link configured to transfer data only from the input to the output and to prevent any signal from passing from the output to the input;
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• a second server having an input coupled to the output of the one-way data link, a memory and an output adapted to be directly coupled to the network, the second server configured to receive the information from the first server via the one-way data link and store the information in the memory, the second server further configured to provide a user interface for allowing a user to read the stored information via the network.