Patent ID: 7107446
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing security services in a clustered data processing environment, said method comprising: providing an access program layer on one data processing node running an application client and another data processing node running an application server, said access program layer presenting a consistent security interface to said application client and said application server, said consistent security interface representing a security mechanism common to said application client and said application server, wherein said application client has one set of security mechanisms available thereto and said application server has another set of security mechanisms available thereto, and wherein at least one of the one set of security mechanisms and the another set of security mechanisms comprises a plurality of security mechanisms: and providing an adapter module for the common security mechanism, said adapter module mapping one or more parameters of a security service implemented by the common security mechanism to said consistent security interface, whereby applications running on the one data processing node and the another data processing node do not require modification to use different security mechanisms.