PROVIDING SECURITY FOR EXTERNAL ACCESS TO A PROTECTED COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

A system and method are disclosed for providing controlled access via an external network to a resource residing on an internal network. An external request addressed to a first computer system associated with the internal network is received at the first computer system via the external network (504). The external request comprises a request from a requesting party for response data from a second computer system associated with the internal network. At least part of the content of the external request is analyzed (506) at the first computer system to determine whether the request is authorized (508). If it is determined that the request is authorized, the request is processed (512, 514, 516).