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Secure mobile office wireless local-area network application integration package running from CD-ROM

  • US 7,464,403 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2003
  • Issued: 12/09/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause a computer to perform a method for creating a preconfigured network, the method comprising:

  • creating a plurality of nodes on bootable read-only media of a TCP/IP (“

    transmission control protocol/internet protocol”

    ) network capable of encrypted communications as follows;

    installing an operating system to a target partition of a computer hard drive mass storage device residing in a computer;

    compiling an operating system kernel supporting IPSec (“

    Internet Protocol Security”

    ) and a plurality of virtual disks;

    copying the compiled operating system kernel to the target partition;

    compiling an authentication server and copying associated files to the target partition;

    restarting the computer to boot from the target partition;

    initializing the authentication server which will control authentication and authorization functions for the network;

    creating instances within the authentication server of specific IP addresses and hostnames;

    generating, in a specific directory, multiple unique instances of authentication and authorization information for the authentication server;

    configuring parameters for IPSec;

    configuring start-up parameters for the operating system;

    configuring the authentication server;

    configuring the operating system loader;

    rebooting to an original instance of the operating system to begin per-node generation of bootable read-only media images to be written to storage media;

    moving the authentication and authorization information for the authentication server from the target partition to a local directory;

    copying the target partition to a processing partition;

    iteratively generating unique bootable read-only media image information, including internet protocol (“

    IP”

    ) address, hostname information, and routing information for the plurality of nodes, from the processing partition;

    copying the previously-generated host-specific authentication and authorization information which must conform to the newly generated internet protocol (“

    IP”

    ) address from the local directory into the processing partition; and

    writing the generated unique bootable read-only media image information to read-only media;

    wherein each bootable image on read-only media, when used as the boot image for a computer, boots the computer into the operating system such that each such computer will have a unique preconfigured IP address.

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