Patent ID: 6792545
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of examining a storage device coupled to a target machine in a communications network the method comprising:installing a servelet on the target machine; transmitting secure commands to the servelet over the communications network to retrieve data from the storage device, comprising: establishing secure communications between the client machine and an intermediate node, comprising: generating, by the intermediate node, of a first encryption key; and transmitting the first encryption key, by the intermediate node, to the client machine; generating, by the client machine, of an authentication key; and authenticating, by the client machine, the intermediate node using the authentication key; establishing secure communications between the intermediate node and the target machine; and establishing secure communications between the client machine and the target machine; using the servelet to retrieve data from the storage device; receiving data from the servelet over the communications network; and storing the retrieved data on a client machine.