Patent ID: 7769994

Claim:
A secure access system connecting at least one client of an internal network with at least one remote server of an external network, said system comprising: an internal gateway communicating with said at least one client, wherein the internal gateway is communicatively coupled to an internal network; an external gateway communicating with said at least one remote server of the external network; an internal encryption terminator comprising a secure socket layer (SSL/TLS) gateway establishing a first secure connection with said at least one client via the internal gateway, the internal encryption terminator impersonating said at least one remote server by using a certificate with a server identity related to the at least one remote server; and an external encryption initiator comprising another secure socket layer (SSL/TLS) gateway configured to establish a second secure connection with said at least one remote server of the external network; wherein the internal encryption terminator decrypts an encrypted request coming from said at least one client over said first secure connection and the external encryption initiator re-encrypts the request going to the at least one remote server over said second secure connection, wherein the external encryption initiator decrypts an encrypted reply coming from said at least one remote server over said second secure connection and the internal encryption terminator re-encrypts the reply going to the at least one client over the first secure connection, and wherein the certificate is internally generated independently from the remote server.