a local area network;

the database:

wherein the database is coupled to the local area network; and

wherein the database comprises the transfer tables;

a computer hardware system:

wherein the computer hardware system is coupled a second network;

wherein the second network is coupled to the local area network by an inner firewall and coupled to the Internet by an outer firewall; and

wherein the computer hardware system includes an encoded hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) server application and an encoded web services server application;

wherein the HTTP server application is configured to:

provide a web page to an HTTP client over the Internet to obtain user input, wherein said user input comprises:

file transfer event parameters defining each of a plurality of file exchange events; and

identification of the remote file transfer client to which the file transfer event parameters are associated; and

send the file transfer event parameters in association with the identification of the remote file transfer client to the database over the local area network, wherein the database stores the file transfer event parameters in association with the identification of the remote file transfer client in the file transfer tables;

wherein the web services server application comprises a plurality of file transfer methods available to the remote file transfer client making method calls thereto, the plurality of transfer methods comprising:

a session ID method, wherein the session ID method is configured to, in response to receiving a session ID method call from the remote transfer client that includes authentication credentials of the remote transfer client;

assign a session ID to a web services session with the remote transfer client only if the authentication credentials of the remote transfer client match those of a valid remote transfer client;

store the session ID in association with identification of the remote transfer client in a user ID table; and

return the session ID to the remote transfer client;

an event definition method, wherein said event definition method is configured to provide, to the remote transfer client, the file transfer event parameters that are associated with the remote transfer client in response to receiving a method call from the remote transfer client that includes the session ID returned to the remote transfer client;

a plurality of file exchange methods, wherein each file exchange method begin configured to execute a file exchange event with the remote transfer client in response to receiving a method call from the remote transfer client that includes file transfer parameters that define the file exchange event and the session ID returned to the remote transfer client;

a symmetrical key definition method, wherein the symmetrical key method is configured to, in response to receiving a create key method call from the remote transfer client that includes a client public encryption key generated by the remote transfer client;

calculate a symmetrical encryption key for use with a predetermined symmetrical encryption algorithm from the client public encryption key and a server private encryption key; and

return a server public encryption key to the remote transfer client as a message encrypted using the predetermined symmetrical encryption algorithm and the client public encryption key;

wherein, each method call from the remote transfer client is packaged as a message sent over the Internet and encrypted using the predetermined symmetrical encryption algorithm and the symmetrical encryption key;

wherein, each response to the remote transfer client is packaged as a message sent over the Internet and encrypted using the predetermined symmetrical encryption algorithm and the symmetrical encryption key;

wherein symmetrical encryption key comprises both:

a remainder of the server private encryption key raised to a power of the client public encryption key, divided by a predetermined prime integer; and

a remainder of the client private encryption key raised to a power of the server public encryption key, divided by the predetermined prime integer;

wherein, the server private encryption key is an integer value generated by the web services server;

wherein, the server public encryption key is the remainder of a predetermined generator value raised to the power of the server private encryption key, divided by the predetermined prime integer;

wherein, the client private encryption key is an integer value generated by the remote transfer client; and

wherein the client public encryption key is the remainder of the predetermined generator value raised to the power of the client private encryption key, divided by the predetermined prime integer.