METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SECURE ACCESS TO PRIVATE NETWORKS WITH CLIENT REDIRECTION
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Abstract
Improved approaches for providing secure access to resources maintained on private networks are disclosed. The secure access can be provided through a public network using client software of client-server software and/or with file system software. Multiple remote users are able to gain restricted and controlled access to at least portions of a private network through a common access point, such as an intermediate server of the remote network.
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59 Claims
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40. A method comprising:
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generating a network connection request at a computer on a first network, the network connection request indicating a destination server on a second network; redirecting the network connection request within a namespace provider or a layered service provider of a socket layer on the computer, the network connection request being redirected away from a transport service provider of the computer to an intermediate server in the second network; and sending data from the computer towards the intermediate server, where the data is sent from the intermediate server toward the destination server when a connection is provided between the computer and the destination server. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system comprising:
a processor to; receive a network connection request on a computer, the network connection request corresponding to a remote network, the network connection request including a name of a destination device on the remote network; redirect the network connection request away from a transport driver on the computer, the network connection request being redirected to an intermediate server in the remote network; and receive, at the computer, data of the destination device from the intermediate server when a connection is provided between the computer and the destination device, where the data of the destination device is transferred between the intermediate server and the destination device on the remote network. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A computer-readable memory device including instructions for performing a method for network communication, the method comprising:
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generating a network connection request at a computer on a first network, the network connection request indicating a destination server on a second network; redirecting the network connection request within a namespace provider or a layered service provider of a socket layer on the computer, the network connection request being redirected away from a transport service provider interface of the computer to an intermediate server in the second network; and sending data from the computer towards the intermediate server, where the data is sent from the intermediate server toward the destination server when a connection is provided between the computer and the destination server in response to the network connection request. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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