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Providing fine-grained access remote command execution for virtual machine instances in a distributed computing environment

US9794292B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2015
Grant dateOct 17, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/105
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A selection of a document that includes a command and a parameter is received, and a user is caused to be associated with a policy that grants permission to execute the document. A request is received, from a requestor, to execute the document, the request including a parameter value, and the requestor is determined to be the user associated with the policy. The user is validated to have access to a resource indicated by the parameter value, and the command is caused to be executed against the resource.

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