SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY INITIATING AND DYNAMICALLY ESTABLISHING SECURE INTERNET CONNECTIONS BETWEEN A FIRE-WALLED SERVER ANDA FIRE-WALLED CLIENT

摘要

A system and method for automatically and dynamically initiating and establishing secure connections between a Server and a Client using a sessio n control server (SCS). Both the Server and the Client are connected to an untrusted network (such as the Internet) through a Network Address Translato r or Translation (NAT) muter or a firewall. The SCS, independently trusted by both the Server and the Client, brokers the required connection parameters t o establish a secure connection between the Server and the Client. The system and method does not require any user configuration on the Client and eliminates the need for the Server to accept explicit connection requests or packets from the Client, thereby allowing the Server firewall to always rema in closed to all inbound traffic.