Patent ID: 8732451
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a secure online environment for an unsecured computing device connected to an untrusted network using a first trusted computing device connected to a trusted network, comprising: installing, using a portable storage device while operatively coupled to a first trusted computing device, a proxy server on the first trusted computing device that uses a first trusted network for online access; installing, using the portable storage device while operatively coupled to a second trusted computing device, the proxy server on the second trusted computing device that uses a second trusted network for online access; generating one or more shared encryption keys for the first trusted computing device and the second trusted computing device on which the proxy server is installed; connecting, using a proxy server protocol of the portable storage device while operatively coupled to an unsecured computing device connected to an untrusted network, the unsecured computing device to a trusted device website, the trusted device website comprising a list of trusted computing devices, the list of trusted computing devices comprising at least the first trusted computing device and the second trusted computing device; and responsive to a selection of the first trusted computing device from the list of trusted computing devices, creating a secure connection, using the proxy server protocol of the portable storage device, between the unsecured computing device and the first trusted computing device using at least some of the one or more shared encryption keys, at least some of at least one of the installing a proxy server on the first trusted computing device, the installing the proxy server on the second trusted computing device, the generating, the connecting, or the creating implemented at least in part via a processing unit.