Providing secure access to network services
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1. A computer network comprising:
- one or more service computers configured to provide multiple network services via the network, one or more connection devices that allow multiple network client computers to access the services via the network, and a single routing computer that serves as a firewall through which all traffic between the network services and the network client computers must pass.
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Abstract
A computer network includes one or more service computers configured to provide multiple network services via the network, and one or more connection devices that allow multiple network client computers to access the services via the network. The network also includes a single routing computer that serves as a firewall through which all traffic between the network services and the network client computers must pass.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer network comprising:
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one or more service computers configured to provide multiple network services via the network, one or more connection devices that allow multiple network client computers to access the services via the network, and a single routing computer that serves as a firewall through which all traffic between the network services and the network client computers must pass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for use in providing network services via a computer network to multiple network client computers, the method comprising:
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allowing the network client computers to access the services via one or more connection devices in the network, and requiring all traffic between the network services and the network client computers to pass through a single routing computer that acts as a firewall. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer network comprising:
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a service computer configured to provide a network service to multiple network client computers via the computer network, two routing computers, each of which acts as a firewall through which all traffic between the computer network and one of the network client computers must pass, and another routing computer that acts as a firewall through which all traffic between the network service and the network client computers must pass. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method for use in providing a network service to multiple network client computers via a computer network, the method comprising:
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requiring all traffic between the computer network and each of the network client computers to pass through one of two routing computers that act as firewalls, and requiring all traffic between the network service and the network client computers to pass through another routing computer that acts as a firewall. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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