Application-access authentication agent

摘要

In response to requests from a manager to the agents for connections to the applications executing, the agents authenticate the manager. In response to the authenticating, the agents establish connections to the applications. In response to the establishing of connections, the agents provide the connections to the manager.

主权项

1. A process comprising:
In response to requests from a manager for connections to applications executing on servers, authenticating said manager by agents executing using a processor on said servers, said agents having root-level access privileges to said applications, different passwords being required for root level access to each of said servers and each of said applications, a same certificate being used in authenticating said manager by each of said agents on said servers; in response to said authenticating, establishing, using said root-level access privileges, connections to said applications by said agents; and in response to said establishing, providing, by said agents to said manager said connections to said applications; prior to said authenticating of said manager by said agents, authenticating, by said servers, said manager.