Method and apparatus for authentication service application processes during service reallocation in high availability clusters
US8630415B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/203
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and communication node for providing secure communications and services in a High Availability (HA) cluster. The communication node comprises an Operating System (OS) that detects an unavailability of a first service application process and switches a second service application process from the first state to the second state, the second service application being selected for taking over service currently provided from the first service application process, the first state and the second state each being associated to a set of rights in the cluster. The OS generates a private key for the second service application process based on its second state. The set of rights associated to the second state allows the OS to replace the first service application process with the second service application process for providing secure communications between the second service application and other service application processes in the HA cluster.
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