SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY WAKING A COMPUTER SYSTEM OVER A NETWORK

摘要

System and method for securely waking a computer system over a network. A registration message may be received by a server from a network interface controller (NIC) in a first computer system over a network. The first computer system may be in a sleep mode. The first computer system may be registered by the server: identification information for the first computer system may be stored in a memory. A wakeup message may be received from a second computer system over the network. The wakeup message may include information identifying the first computer system and authentication information. The wakeup message may be sent to the first computer system over the network. The wakeup message may indicate to the NIC to wake up the first computer system. The authentication information may be authenticated by either or both of the server or the NIC prior to waking up the first computer system.