Security Enhancement of Java Remote Method Invocation

Author

Zalewski, Dominik

Author_Institution

Adam Mickiewicz Univ., Poznan

fYear

2006

fDate

25-27 May 2006

Firstpage

223

Lastpage

231

Abstract

Java remote method invocation is an implementation of remote procedure call in object oriented environment. However, its security level can be regarded as very low. By using additional technologies: Kerberos and Java authentication and authorization service, one can greatly improve Java remote method invocation security. These enhancements are called secure RMI. It is shown that by using secure RMI three conditions of secure communication can be satisfied, namely: integrity, confidentiality and authentication. In modern computer systems there is also a requirement for authorization. It is handled by secure RMI as well. Finally, performance of system build by using secure RMI is studied

Keywords

Java; authorisation; remote procedure calls; Java remote method invocation security; Kerberos; authentication service; authorization service; computer system; object oriented environment; remote procedure call; secure RMI; secure communication; security enhancement; Authentication; Authorization; Communication system security; Computer languages; Information security; Java; Network servers; Performance gain; Performance loss; Production systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Dependability of Computer Systems, 2006. DepCos-RELCOMEX '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Szklarska Poreba

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEPCOS-RELCOMEX.2006.47

Filename

4024053