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System and method for secure management of remote systems

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  • US 7,512,968 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2007
  • Issued: 03/31/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system providing secure communication between network devices, the system comprising:

  • an administration site structured to create at least one file,a mail server disposed in a communicative relationship with said administration site,a first communications pathway established between said administration site and said mail server,said administration site structured to push said at least one file to said mail server via standard mail transfer protocol,a gateway site disposed in a communicative relationship with said mail server,a second communications pathway established between said gateway site and said mail server,said gateway site structured to pull said at least one file from said mail server via standard mail transfer protocol, without establishing a direct communications pathway between said administration site and said gateway site to transmit or retrieve said at least one file, andsaid gateway site further structured to eliminate a communications pathway for unauthorized access by eliminating a need to monitor for an incoming request for reconfiguration from said administration site.

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