Secure electronic mail system

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG.
1, a protected communication network is generally designated by the reference numeral 10.
In the preferred embodiment, the protected communication network 10 consists of a first central processing unit or user 12, a secure name server 14, a secure electronic mail server 16, a second central processing unit or user 18, a remote administrator 20 and a connecting network 22.
The general operation of the overall system will be outlined in the following discussion.
Initially, the secure electronic mail server 16 will establish a link to a connecting network 22 and obtain a dynamic address.
The dynamic address is standardly assigned by the network to a user of the network.
An example of a dynamic address is a dynamic Internet protocol address for communicating over the Internet or world wide web.
The secure electronic mail server 16 will then contact the secure name server 14 which has a fixed address on the connecting network 22.
The secure electronic mail server 16 will then notify the secure name server 14 of the secure electronic mail server's 16 dynamic address on the connecting network 22.
The communication between the secure electronic mail server 16 and the secure name server 14 will then be discontinued.
It will be understood that the present invention will be applicable to various types of networks.
Next, the remote administrator 20 will log on to the connecting network 22 and communicate with the secure name server 14.
Note that this communication is a protected communication to allow for a protected information transfer.
The secure name server 14 transfers the dynamic address of the secure electronic mail server 16 to the remote administrator 20.
The communication between the secure name server 14 and the remote administrator 20 is then discontinued.
In an alternate embodiment, the remote administrator 20 will establish logon protocol for users to access the secure name server 14