Patent ID: 8104075

Claim:
A method for configuring a trust management framework for use in a network environment, executed by a processor programmed to execute instructions to perform the method, the method comprising: providing, using the processor, a roles graphical user interface that prompts a user to define roles; providing, using the processor, a services graphical user interface that prompts the user to define services corresponding to roles defined using the roles graphical interface, wherein the service graphical user interface provides a graphical representation of a relationship between defined roles and corresponding services, and corresponding operations and trust management messaging characteristics associated with the corresponding services in a hierarchical manner; providing, using the processor, a principals graphical user interface that prompts the user to define principals of the trust management framework, including associating at least one of the roles, defined using the roles graphical interface, with a principal; and providing, using the processor, a nodes graphical user interface that presents role bindings for principals that are designated to function as nodes and that prompts the user to define interactions between nodes.