Abstract:
A method, system, and computer program product is presented for restricting access to a set of resources in a distributed data processing system. A server determines a set of authorized resources for which a user is authorized to access; the set of authorized resources is a subset of the set of resources that are operational within the distributed data processing system. An evaluation is made about the availability of the set of authorized resources based upon state information about the set of authorized resources. A list of a set of entitled resources for the user is then generated; the set of entitled resources is a subset of the set of authorized resources. An indication of the set of entitled resources may be sent to the user, after which the system would respond to requests for the user to access the set of entitled resources.
Abstract:
A method is presented for performing authentication operations. When a client requests a resource from a server, a non-certificate~based authentication operation is performed through an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) session between the server and the client, When the client requests another resource, the server determines to step up to a more restrictive level of authentication, and a certificate-based authentication operation is performed through the SSL session without exiting or renegotiating the SSL session prior to completion of the certificate-based authentication operation. During the certificate-based authentication procedure, an executable module is downloaded to the client from the server through the SSL session, after which the server receives through the SSL session a digital signature that has been generated by the executable module using a digital certificate at the client. In response to successfully verifying the digital signature at the server, the server provides access to a requested resource.
Abstract:
A method for externalizing message handling within a data processing system is presented. A request (412) to access a resource (406) is received at a first server (404) from a client (402). In response to determining at the first server that processing of the request requires a message to be sent to the client, a redirect message (416) is generated that contains an operation code that corresponds to message handling functionality at a second server (418) for the message to be sent to the client. A configurable macro is evaluated to determine an evaluated macro, and the evaluated macro is inserted into the redirect message. The redirect message is then sent from the first server to the second server via the client. The second server extracts the operation code from the redirect message and invokes the message handling functionality that corresponds to the extracted operation code. The second server extracts the evaluated macro from the redirect message and employs the evaluated macro at the second server as an input parameter for the message handling functionality.
Abstract:
A method is presented for performing authentication operations. When a client requests a resource from a server, a non-certificate-based authentication operation is performed through an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) session between the server and the client. When the client requests another resource, the server determines to step up to a more restrictive level of authentication, and a certificate-based authentication operation is performed through the SSL session without exiting or renegotiating the SSL session prior to completion of the certificate-based authentication operation. During the certificate-based authentication procedure, an executable module is downloaded to the client from the server through the SSL session, after which the server receives through the SSL session a digital signature that has been generated by the executable module using a digital certificate at the client. In response to successfully verifying the digital signature at the server, the server provides access to a requested resource.
Abstract:
A method is presented for performing authentication operations. When a client requests a resource from a server, a non-certificate-based authentication operation is performed through an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) session between the server and the client. When the client requests another resource, the server determines to step up to a more restrictive level of authentication, and a certificate-based authentication operation is performed through the SSL session without exiting or renegotiating the SSL session prior to completion of the certificate-based authentication operation. During the certificate-based authentication procedure, an executable module is downloaded to the client from the server through the SSL session, after which the server receives through the SSL session a digital signature that has been generated by the executable module using a digital certificate at the client. In response to successfully verifying the digital signature at the server, the server provides access to a requested resource.
Abstract:
A method is presented for performing authentication operations. When a clien t requests a resource from a server, a non-certificate~based authentication operation is performed through an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) session between the server and the client, When the client requests another resource, the server determines to step up to a more restrictive level of authentication, and a certificate-based authentication operation is performed through the SS L session without exiting or renegotiating the SSL session prior to completion of the certificate-based authentication operation. During the certificate- based authentication procedure, an executable module is downloaded to the client from the server through the SSL session, after which the server receives through the SSL session a digital signature that has been generated by the executable module using a digital certificate at the client. In response to successfully verifying the digital signature at the server, the server provides access to a requested resource.