Patent ID: 8381273

Claim:
A method for obtaining secure connectivity between a server computer and a client computer, comprising: utilizing a network protocol inherent to an operating system on the client computer to automatically set up and establish a transient secure network connection endpoint on the client computer, wherein the utilizing is a result of a response comprising dynamically generated session-specific connection information, session-specific connection profile, or a combination thereof from the server computer to a request from the client computer, and wherein establishing the transient secure network connection endpoint on the client computer creates a transient secure network connection between the server computer and the transient secure network connection endpoint on the client computer without manual intervention or configuration by a user at the client computer; and permitting secured access by the client computer to one or more network devices communicatively connected to the server computer via the transient secure network connection until the transient secure network connection between the server computer and the client computer is severed.