Securely sharing applications installed by unprivileged users
US8082442B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/445
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment of this invention, a computer system performs a method for securely sharing applications installed by unprivileged users. The method involves the computer system receiving a user associated command from a user of the computer system. A previous application installation included installing an application manifest and application data objects in a shared repository and installing a user manifest and user configuration data objects in a private repository for an initial installing user. The computer system verifies that a digital signature of the application manifest corresponds to a public key of a user manifest for the associated user. The computer system verifies that an application identifier of the application manifest matches an application identifier of the user manifest. The computer system verifies that the data objects belong to the software application by comparing the application data objects to one or more data object identifiers in the application manifest.
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