Patent ID: 7316029

Claim:
Private network apparatus for connecting a user to an external internet comprising: a plurality of security service pathways each providing a respective combination of security service features; a service selection dashboard allowing said user to select from a plurality of security service features for user traffic to and from said user; a network management server coupled to said service selection dashboard for storing a subscriber configuration in response to said user selected security service features; a pass-through router for coupling said user traffic to said external internet independently of said security service pathways; a service selection gateway coupled to said user for directing said user traffic to and from one of said service selection dashboard, said pass-through router, or one of said security service pathways; and a security service router for coupling said plurality of security service pathways to said external internet; wherein said service selection gateway directs said user traffic to said service selection dashboard if said subscriber configuration is in an initialized state; and wherein said service selection gateway directs said user traffic to a respective one of said security service pathways or to said pass-through router in response to said subscriber configuration after initialization by said service selection dashboard.