SECURE REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK DEVICES WITH LOCAL PROCESSING AND SECURE SHELL FOR REMOTE DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
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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 said managed devices;
said SRM device including;
a communication connection to at least one of the managed devices;
a controller embedded in the SRM device; and
wherein said controller forwards information in graphical form using a secure connection to an administrative user workstation located remotely from the SRM device.
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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 forwards information in graphical form using a secure connection to a remotely located administrative user workstation.
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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 said managed devices; said SRM device including; a communication connection to at least one of the managed devices; a controller embedded in the SRM device; and wherein said controller forwards information in graphical form using a secure connection to an administrative user workstation located remotely from the SRM device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for a managing device to manage 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 information relating to the console communication connection to a centrally located administrative workstation in graphical form over a secure wide area network connection, the secure wide area network connection established using a secure shell networking protocol. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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