Patent ID: 7181766
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing network services using at least one processor interfacing a base network, said method comprising: receiving, at the at least one processor, information identifying a user authorized to administer a first processor separate from the at least one processor; receiving, at the at least one processor, a base address that is routable in the base network; providing, at the at least one processor and through the base network, code and information for configuring the first processor to interface the base network at the received base address; executing, at the first processor, the provided code to configure the first processor based on the provided information such that the first processor interfaces the base network; and providing, by the at least one processor and through the base network to the first processor, information enabling at least one tunnel through the base network to a second processor separate from the at least one processor, when the first and second processors each communicate to the at least one processor information indicating a consent for enabling the at least one tunnel.