Patent ID: 6874088

Claim:
A remote access system for a secure computer network, comprising: an agent operative in conjunction with said secure computer network; an intermediary operative in conjunction with a network entity distinct from said secure computer network; and a manager for defining a directive to be executed by said agent, wherein said manager and said intermediary are capable of establishing secure communications therebetween, said intermediary and said agent are capable of establishing secure communications therebetween, said agent is operative to provide and said intermediary is operative to receive agent-specific authenticating data, said intermediary is operative to receive agent-specific authenticating data from said manager and to compare said agent-specific authenticating data from said manager with said agent-specific authenticating data from said agent, and said manager is operative to convey said directive to be executed to said intermediary and said agent is operative to receive said directive to be executed from said intermediary if said comparison by said intermediary of said agent-specific authenticating data provided by said agent and said agent-authenticating data provided by said manager yields a predetermined result.