Patent ID: 7428746

Claim:
A system, comprising: a token server in communication with a remote computer via an external communication network to allow the remote computer access to an internal communication network, the remote computer gaining access by transmitting an access token to a bridge server connected to the internal communication network and external communication network, wherein the token server is not connected to the internal communication network, the token server configured to receive from the remote computer (a) an access request to connect to the internal communication network, (b) configuration information representing a configuration state of the remote computer, the configuration information based at least on the access request, and (c) additional configuration information representing the configuration state of the remote computer if the remote computer is not in compliance with a security policy, the token server further configured to determine remote computer compliance with the security policy based at least on the information received from the remote computer and to transmit the access token to the remote computer if the remote computer is in compliance with the security policy.