Information security – Access control or authentication – Network
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-23
2007-10-23
Zand, Kambiz (Department: 2132)
Information security
Access control or authentication
Network
C726S001000, C726S002000, C726S003000, C713S151000, C713S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10658838
ABSTRACT:
An abstraction module that facilitates security configuration amongst a number of initiators in a manner that there are no conflicts in the security information across all initiators. The abstraction module exposes a common interface that may be used to configure any of the initiators, receives through this common interface an indication that a selected one of the initiators is to be configured to communicate with a selected target device, and retrieves security information from a common database, the database including information that is relevant to configuring security for any of the plurality of initiators. The abstraction module identifies a security configuration for the selected initiator using the retrieved security information and, if the settings would not cause a conflict with any of the other of the initiators, uses the identified security configuration to configure the selected initiator.
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Aboba Bernard D.
Warwick Alan M.
Lemma Samson
Workman Nydegger
Zand Kambiz
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