Patent ID: 7624180
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating over a network having a plurality of secured users utilizing at least two multi-level network security devices and a plurality of unsecured users employing no network security devices, the system comprising: a first multi-level network security device associated with a first secure network configured to: wherein in a first mode, the first multi-level network security device is configured to send the message to the second user over an unsecured network in an unsecured manner when the first multi-level security device does not receive a response from the second multi-level network security device, and wherein in a second mode, the first multi-level network security device comprises an encryptor configured to encrypt the message and send the encrypted message securely over the unsecured network when the first security device receives a response from second multi-level network security device that the second user is associated with the second secure network.