Patent ID: 8959613
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for managing access to a plurality of servers each executing an operating system independent Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, the system comprising: a central policy database in communication with the plurality of servers and centrally storing a plurality of access rules that specify access to the servers for a plurality of users using the SSH protocol; an access control module executable by each of the servers and adapted to: wherein the access rules of the central policy database specify access to the servers based on user identity, client application identity, client computer identity and server identity; and the access control module determines whether to establish the SSH session by comparing the user identity of the user when the user identity is being used as the account name, identity of a client application program running on the client computer when the identity of the client application program is being used as the account name, identity of the client computer and identity of the target server against the retrieved rules.