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SECURE OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING DEVICES OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

  • US 20120079566A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2010
  • Published: 03/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method on a computer system for facilitating management of virtual machines in a private data center over a communications network, comprising:

  • receiving, by a first computer in the private data center, a request via the communications network from a user for access to a subset of a plurality of virtual machines in the private data center;

    executing a first authentication process by proxy between the user and the first computer;

    executing a second authentication process by proxy between the user and a second computer at the private data center;

    establishing a secure, out-of-band connection between the user and the subset of the plurality of virtual machines in the private data network; and

    restricting access of the user to the subset of the plurality of virtual machines according to permissions associated with the user.

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