Method for providing a security facility for a network of management servers utilizing a database of trust relations to verify mutual trust relations between management servers
US5619657A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2211/009
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention consists of a method for providing security for distributing management operations among components of a computer network using a network of mutually trusting, mutually authenticating management services to dispatch operations to selected host systems. Mutual authentication and trust are established on every transmission link from a point of submission to a designated management server which invokes a service provider to perform management operations on a selected host.
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