Patent ID: 7627656

Claim:
A method for providing configuration information to an endpoint, comprising: receiving at a file server a configuration information request from an endpoint, the configuration information request requesting configuration information for the endpoint; establishing whether the endpoint is authorized to receive the configuration information; if the endpoint is not authorized to receive the configuration information: instructing the endpoint to register to receive the configuration information; and receiving a notification that the endpoint is authorized to receive the configuration information; providing the configuration information to the endpoint when the endpoint is authorized to receive the configuration information; receiving at the file server a second configuration information request from the endpoint, the second configuration information request having a version identifier; establishing whether the version identifier indicates that the configuration information is a current version used at the file server; and if the version identifier indicates that the configuration information is not the current version, providing, by the file server, an update to the endpoint that comprises one or more differences between the version of the configuration information identified by the version identifier and the current version of the configuration information.