SERIAL PORT FORWARDING OVER SECURE SHELL FOR SECURE REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF NETWORKED DEVICES
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1. An apparatus for autonomously managing one or more collocated managed devices, comprising:
- a secure remote manager (SRM) device, connected to at least one of said one or more managed devices, the SRM device located in the same network locale as the managed devices;
said SRM device further comprising;
a serial port communication connection to at least one of the managed devices;
a controller embedded in the SRM device; and
wherein said controller uses serial port forwarding over a secure connection to provide connectivity between the managed devices and an administrative user workstation.
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Abstract
A system and method for the management of one or more wide area or local area network connected devices by a collocated managing device. The managing device uses serial port forwarding over a secure connection, such as a secure shell connection, to allow a centrally located administrative user to control the managed device.
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1. An apparatus for autonomously managing one or more collocated managed devices, comprising:
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a secure remote manager (SRM) device, connected to at least one of said one or more managed devices, the SRM device located in the same network locale as the managed devices; said SRM device further comprising; a serial port communication connection to at least one of the managed devices; a controller embedded in the SRM device; and wherein said controller uses serial port forwarding over a secure connection to provide connectivity between the managed devices and an administrative user workstation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for managing one or more collocated managed devices, the method comprising:
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establishing a console communication connection to at least one managed device to be managed, the console communication connection respective to each of the managed devices and independent of all other connections to managed devices; and forwarding the console communication connection to a centrally located administrative workstation over a secure wide area network connection, the wide area network connection established using serial port forwarding over a secure shell networking protocol. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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