Stack-based system and method to combine security requirements of methods
US6226746A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/52
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system obtains the security requirements for an action requested by a thread executing on a computer. The thread invokes a plurality of methods during its execution. The system includes a call stack and a determination unit. The call stack stores an identifier and security requirements for each of the methods in the order that the methods were invoked by the thread. The determination unit combines the method security requirements from the call stack to obtain the security requirements for the requested action.
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