Patent ID: 8095966
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for selective database access in a storage area network comprising: encoding an access token in the executable code of an executable object, wherein the executable object comprises a privileged application of a storage area network (SAN) management application, wherein the access token is accessible via execution of the executable object, and wherein the executable object is configured to extract the access token in response to execution of the executable object and employ the access token to access a security repository; accessing the security repository using the access token by executing the executable object to extract the access token, wherein the access token extracted from the executable object provides a password to a password file for accessing the security repository, wherein the access token is an unpublished private key, and wherein the security repository is disposed in a secure environment inaccessible without the access token; retrieving an access key from the security repository using the password provided by the access token extracted from the executable object upon execution of the executable object; computing a password using the access key retrieved from the security repository; and accessing the database using the password computed using the access key retrieved from the security repository.