Patent ID: 6931530

Claim:
A secure portal for network file access transactions between client computer systems and network storage resources, said secure portal comprising: a) a network interface supporting network connections to a client system and a network storage resource, respectively; and b) an access controller coupled to said network interface, said access controller operative to terminate a first network file access transaction between said client system and a virtual mount point supported by said access controller, wherein said access controller includes a policy parser, responsive to a client system identifier, authorization data including a user session identifier that references a session related group of one or more user processes executing on the client system identified by said client system identifier, a virtual mount point identifier, and a request identifier provided with a first network file request received within said first network file access transaction, operative to selectively enable initiation of a second network file access transaction between said access controller and a defined mount point of said network storage resource dependent on a defined combination including said client system identifier, said virtual mount point identifier, and said request identifier, said second network file access transaction including a second network file request having a modified correspondence with said first network file request to support completion of said first network file access transaction relative to said defined mount point.