SERVER ACCESS CONTROL

摘要

A method of controlling access to a data server, in which a web server receives a request from a client for a web page, the web page being configured to receive data from the data server for display by the client. In response to the request, a program associated with the web server generates a password signed with a private key to provide the client with access to the data server. The corresponding public key has previously been sent to the data server. The password is returned to the client and program code in the web page directs the client to connect to the data server. The data server receives the password and attempts to validate it using the public key received from the web server. Data is sent to the client in the event that the password is successfully validated.