Patent ID: 6807636
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for facilitating security in a system, wherein the system includes a manager module used in routing a security request associated with an application to a security service module, comprising:receiving data indicative of a security request from a first module associated with an application, wherein said first module identified said security request and said security request is associated with said application; selecting a security service module capable of processing said security request after said receiving said data indicative of a security request from said first modules, wherein said selecting a security service module is performed dynamically based at least in part on information associated with at least one of said data indicative of a security request and data indicative of a security policy; and providing at least some of said data indicative of said security request to a second module capable of calling said security service module to process said security request, wherein said second module is associated with said security service module.