Patent ID: 6411309
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a Kerberos domain network wherein multiple Client Users have client terminals which communicate with a Kerberos Server and with a client server having a Kerberos Support Library, said client server utilizing a Menu-Assisted Resource Control Program for communication to said Kerberos Support Library, a method for seamlessly initiating a Kerberos Command to said Kerberos Support Library and receiving a response back to said Client User, comprising the steps of:(a) initiating, by said Client-User, of a Kerberos command to said Menu-Assisted Resource Control Program and its Directive Interface; (b) linking, by said Menu-Assisted Resource Control Directives Interface to a corresponding Directive Interface in said Kerberos Support Library; (c) generating a response by said Directive Interface of said Kerberos Support Library for conveyance to said Directive Interface of said Menu-Assisted Resource Control Directives Interface; (d) transmitting said response via said Menu-Assisted Resource Control Program as a response to said Client User's request for utilization of a Kerberos command.