Patent ID: 7428753

Claim:
A method of accessing an internal network from a remote computer, comprising: (a) transmitting an access request to a token server, the token server configured to determine compliance with a security policy, wherein the token server is not connected to the internal network; (b) receiving from the token server a request for configuration information representing a configuration state of the remote computer; (c) transmitting the configuration information of the remote computer to the token server; (d) performing one or more remedial actions if the remote computer is not in compliance with the security policy, the one or more remedial actions determined based on the configuration information; (e) transmitting updated configuration information to the token server after the one or more remedial actions are performed; (f) receiving an access token from the token server if the remote computer is in compliance with the security policy, wherein the compliance with the security policy is verified based on the updated configuration information; and (g) transmitting the access token to a bridge server connected to the internal network to access the internal network.