SECURE NETWORK ACCESS

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating access to secure network sites, such as sites providing secure financial information. An active software agent is utilized to fetch passwords and user identifiers from a user computing system and to use the passwords and identifiers to extract required information from the secure site. The password sites and identifiers are encrypted and an encryption key is stored at a network mode remote from the user's computer and is fetched in order to enable the passwords and identifiers to be decrypted so that the active agent can use them to obtain the required information.

主权项

1. A system for facilitating access by a user to a secure network site, the system including an active agent arranged to access the network site on behalf of the user, the active agent being arranged, in response to a user query, to obtain access means for enabling access to the secure site, and to utilize the access means to extract private information from the secure network site.