Proxy method and system for secure wireless administration of managed entities
First Claim
1. A method for wirelessly administering at least one managed computer via a proxy server trusted by said at least one managed computer, the method comprising:
- from a wireless device, transmitting an encoded message, said message including at least one command, wherein said at least one command included in said message corresponds to and is distinct from one or more operating system (OS) commands for said at least one managed computer;
at the proxy server, receiving and decoding said encoded message, authenticating said wireless device and authorizing said at least one command included in said message, andsending said one or more OS commands from said proxy server to said at least one managed computer.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus are described for avoiding the use of a web-server or generic security when providing network administration services remotely to managed entities using wireless technology. Instead a true Proxy device, not operating as a web-server, is used to preprocess all command traffic from wireless input devices (WID). The intervention between the WID and the managed entities of the Proxy isolating the managed entities from the WID, enhanced by encoding using a novel messaging protocol, further enhanced by a novel security model based on multiple pre-shared keys and algorithms together with identifiers and passwords that are not transmitted, achieves several bandwidth and security advantages including the ability to deliver TELNET services across the Internet and behind a firewall.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for wirelessly administering at least one managed computer via a proxy server trusted by said at least one managed computer, the method comprising:
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from a wireless device, transmitting an encoded message, said message including at least one command, wherein said at least one command included in said message corresponds to and is distinct from one or more operating system (OS) commands for said at least one managed computer; at the proxy server, receiving and decoding said encoded message, authenticating said wireless device and authorizing said at least one command included in said message, and sending said one or more OS commands from said proxy server to said at least one managed computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A System, for a user to wirelessly administer at least one managed computer, the system comprising:
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a wireless device, constructed and adapted to create and transmit an encoded message, said message including at least one command for said at least one managed computer, wherein said at least one command corresponds to and is distinct form one or more operating system (OS) commands for said at least one managed computer; a proxy message processor, trusted by said at least one managed computer, said proxy message processor constructed and said proxy message processor constructed and adapted to receive and decode said message, to authenticate said wireless device and to authorize said commands, and to send said one or more OS commands from said proxy message processor to at least one managed computer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for a wirelessly administering at least one managed computer via a proxy server trusted by said at least one managed computer, the method comprising:
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from a wireless device, transmitting an encoded message, said message including at least one command for said at least one managed computer, said at least one command corresponding to and distinct from a sequence of one or more operating system (OS) commands for said at least one managed computer; at the proxy server, receiving and decoding said encoded message, authenticating said device and authorizing said at least one command; expanding said at least one command into said sequence of one or more OS commands; and
thensending said sequence of one or more OS commands from said proxy server to said at least one managed computer. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A system for wireless administration of at least one managed computer, the system comprising:
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a proxy message processor, trusted by said at least one managed computer, wherein said at least one managed computer is selected from the group comprising;
servers, routers, desktop computers, modems, printers, switches, and mainframe computers;said proxy message processor constructed and adapted to; (a) receive an encoded message originating from a wireless device, said message corresponding to and distinct from a sequence of one or more operating system (OS) commands for said at least one managed computer; (b) decode said message; (c) authenticate said wireless device; (d) authorize said one or more commands; (e) expand said one or more commands into the sequence of one or more OS commands; (f) send said sequence of one or more OS commands from said proxy message processor to said at least one managed computer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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