| CPC H04L 63/0281 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
starting, on a management controller of a computing device connected to a management network, a management session in response to a valid login request from an authorized system administrator computer;
in response to startup of the management session, establishing a proxy in a browser of a device with a connection to a public network, the proxy enabling the management controller to send one or more internet requests through the proxy using the connection to the public network and for the management controller to receive, through the proxy, responses to the internet requests from an internet resource separate from the system administrator computer, the device with the proxy separate from the computing device and from the management controller, wherein communication between the proxy and the management controller is limited to the management session;
providing information to the system administrator computer, the provided information comprising information received by the management controller in response to the one or more internet requests; and
terminating the proxy in response to termination of the management session.
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