Patent ID: 7694344
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for enhancing network security by using a service entry stack in a distributed computer network, the method comprising: receiving, by an event system, an indication for publishing, by a publisher, a first event to an editable subscriber list of one or more event subscribers; using a processor to examine authorization concerns for publishing the first event to each event subscriber by sequentially examining each event subscriber in the subscriber list utilizing a service entry stack maintained in a computer-readable medium for recording event execution information and process hierarchy of the distributed computer network; if the first event is allowed to be published to the event subscriber, publishing the first event to the event subscriber and pushing a first entry to the service entry stack indicating that the first event is now published to the event subscriber; recording the first entry in the service entry stack via a state change in the computer-readable medium; wherein the service entry stack retains execution information related to the published event, thereby enhancing the security for event publication.