Patent ID: 8601124

Claim:
A method for secure publishing of data from a first physical computer to a DMZ resident virtual computer hosted on a second physical computer using a virtual hard disk, the method comprising: storing a data file in memory on the first physical computer, the first physical computer being coupled to a first network, the data file containing data; transferring the data to the DMZ resident virtual computer hosted on the second physical computer as a virtual hard disk on the second physical computer, via a first network interface card (NIC) coupled to the second physical computer and to the first network and not to a second network, the second physical computer having an operating system configured to be unable to communicate using a second NIC, and the DMZ resident virtual computer having a root partition configured in a manner that limits devices seen by the root partition and disables communication of the DMZ resident virtual computer with the first NIC based on the limited devices seen by the root partition; detecting presence of the virtual hard disk by the DMZ resident virtual computer; mounting of the virtual hard disk by the DMZ resident virtual computer; and publishing the data to the second network via the second NIC.