System and method for providing access to a resource for a computer from within a restricted network and storage medium storing same

摘要

Access to one or more resources on a storage computer 120 is provided to a client computer 100 located within a restricted network 110, despite the client computer being prevented from initiating a network connection to the storage computer due to the security policies of the restricted network or firewall. Instead, the connection is initiated by the storage computer using a connection oriented protocol and the connection is then maintained. The storage computer receives a description of needed resources from the client computer and checks whether it has any of these. Access to matched resources is then provided via the network connection. The description of needed resources may be downloaded to the storage computer from the client computer using the network connection, and may be provided on a periodic basis. The invention provides a solution for supporting network attached storage (NAS) on the storage computer.