Claims
- 1. A system for securing an enterprise communications network, comprising:
a first firewall for accepting a service request from a client and permitting access to one or more first preselected addresses in compliance with a first set of filtering rules; a secure web server, located at one of the first preselected addresses, for establishing a session with the client and receiving the service request via the first firewall, wherein said session is associated with a session identifier encapsulated in a cookie that is generated from a separate server; a second firewall in communication with the secure web server for accepting the service request from the secure web server and permitting access to one or more second preselected addresses in compliance with a second set of filtering rules; and a dispatcher server, located at one of the second preselected addresses, for receiving the secure request via the second firewall and, in response, dispatching the service request to a proxy service for applying system resources of the enterprise communication network responsive to the service request.
- 2. The system for securing an enterprise communications network as claimed in claim 1 wherein said secure web server is further configured for wrapping and unwrapping the cookie at each service request to verify said client to said dispatcher server at each transmission of a service request in said session.
- 3. A method for securing an enterprise communications network, comprising:
establishing a session with a client in response to receiving a service request from the client via a first firewall permitting access in compliance with a first set of filtering rules, wherein said session is associated with a session identifier encapsulated in a cookie that is generated from a separate server; and dispatching the service request to a proxy service for applying system resources of the enterprise communication network in response to receiving to the service request via a second firewall permitting access in compliance with a second set of filtering rules.
- 4. The method for securing an enterprise communications network as claimed in claim 3 further comprising wrapping and unwrapping the cookie at each service request to verify said client for said dispatching at each transmission of a service request in said session.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The following application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser No. 09/159,406 entitled “Secure Server Architecture for Web Based Data Management” filed Sep. 24, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/060,655, filed Sep. 26, 1997, entitled “Integrated Customer Interface System for Communications Management”.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60060655 |
Sep 1997 |
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Continuations (1)
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09159406 |
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10409375 |
Apr 2003 |
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