Authenticated identity propagation and translation within a multiple computing unit environment

US7822980B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Patrick S. Botz · Rochester, US
• John C. Dayka · New Paltz, US
• Donna N. Dillenberger · Yorktown Heights, US
• Richard Henry Guski · Red Hook, US
• Timothy J. Hahn · Cary, US
• Margaret K. LaBelle · Poughkeepsie, US
• Mark A. Nelson · Oronoco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2006
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2221/2151
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An authenticated identity propagation and translation technique is provided based on a trust relationship between multiple user identification and authentication services resident on different computing components of a multi-component transaction processing computing environment including distributed and mainframe computing components. The technique includes, in one embodiment, forwarding, in association with transaction requests, identified and authenticated user identification and authentication information from a distributed component to a mainframe component, facilitating the selection of the appropriate mainframe user identity with which to execute the mainframe portion of the transaction, and creating the appropriate run-time security context.