Patent ID: 7917751
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. In a data processing system comprising at least two different network adapters and a storage medium on which is stored at least a first file having a permission, a method for providing security for transmission of said first file, said method comprising: enabling an external client system to complete a first mount of said data processing system via a first standard/default network adapter, which provides a standard, non-secure access to the data processing system for all external client systems; enabling a second mount of said data processing system via a second, different, secure network adapter only when said first file requires secured access, wherein said second, different, secure network adapter is configured for access from the external client system by providing one or more session parameters associated with the first mount for use in completing the second mount; inferring said permission associated with said first file; responsive to receipt of a request for access to said first file by the external client system: wherein only certain files on the storage medium that have access permission requiring secure transmission of the files from the storage medium to any requesting external client system are transmitted from the storage medium to the external client system via the second, different, secure network adapter, while all other files on the storage medium that do not have access permission requiring secure transmission are automatically routed to the requesting external client system via the first standard/default network adapter.