Abstract: A method and system provide users access to a company's internal computer resources without the need for a custom communications network, while not jeopardizing the security of the internal computer resources. One method includes, under control of a client computer, initiating a user request to access a desired computer resource in a target computer. Under control of an interface component on a server computer, receiving the user request and initiating a remote invocation of a user component object on the target computer responsive to the user request. The target computer receives the remote invocation and, in response to the remote invocation, the user component object is invoked to access the desired computer resource and obtain user information from the accessed computer resource. The user component object returns the user information to the interface component which, in turn, sends the user information to the client computer.