Remote control of secure installations

摘要

Communication apparatus (34) includes a one-way, hardware-actuated data relay (56), which includes a first hardware interface configured to receive a command from a communications network (30) and a second hardware interface configured to convey the received command to a protected destination (26) when the relay is actuated. A decoder (54) includes a third hardware interface (46) configured to receive a digital signature for the command from the communications network and hardware decoding logic coupled to verify the digital signature and to actuate the relay upon verifying the digital signature, whereby the command is conveyed via the second hardware interface to the protected destination.