| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides a method and system for contacting a local computer (125A, 125B, 125C) on a private network (130) over a public network (110) using a specialized domain name server (115). In one embodiment, a remote computer (105A, 105B, 105C) initiates a request to communicate with a local computer (125A, 125B, 125C) on a private network (130) using a domain name assigned to the local computer. Upon receiving the request to communicate (305), a specialized domain name server (120) generates a subsequent request for the local computer to communicate with the specialized domain name server (310). Next, a network address translator (120) generates a public network address for contacting the local computer and transmits the public network address (320) to the specialized domain name server (115). The specialized domain name server (120) then communicates the public network address (325, 330) to the remote computer (105A, 105B, 105C) which is then able to contact the local computer (125A, 125B, 125C) using the public network address.</p> |
