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ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT FOR SECURE NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS OVER IPSEC

  • US 20150381597A1
  • Filed: 04/16/2015
  • Published: 12/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of managing a secure enterprise comprising a plurality of communicatively interconnected endpoints, the method comprising:

  • initiating a management service at a server within the secure enterprise, the management service including a web interface providing administrative access to configuration settings associated with the secure enterprise, the management service initializing a secure communications protocol and managing access to a credential store, the credential store including a plurality of credentials defining communities of interest within the secure enterprise, each of the communities of interest defining a collection of authenticated endpoints having common access and usage rights;

    initiating an object management service at the server, the object management service defining an interface to a configuration database, the configuration database storing;

    configuration settings included in one or more configuration profiles for the enterprise network; and

    one or more interface definitions useable by the web interface to provide administrative access to the configuration settings;

    accessing, via the object management service, the configuration database to obtain data defining a configuration of the enterprise according to a configuration profile; and

    applying one or more configuration settings to the secure enterprise based on the data defining the configuration of the secure enterprise.

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