Title :
Protecting the hosted application server
Author :
Dotti, Paola ; Rees, Owen
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Labs., Bristol, UK
Abstract :
Internet applications are evolving from the Web server to the more powerful and dynamic application server in order to support the deployment of complex applications integrated with the organization´s back end systems. A key element of the application server architecture is CORBA, the Common Object Request Broker that allows applications to communicate in a transparent and interoperable manner. For this new architecture to succeed, it must guarantee a secure processing environment to the organisations. This paper explains why a conventional firewall cannot be used to secure CORBA applications. It describes the architecture of CORBAgate, a gateway based on the concept of proxies and object key re-mapping. The paper compares the CORBAgate solution with the OMG specification for CORBA firewall security. Finally, the paper discusses how these elements combine to enable outsourced application services
Keywords :
Internet; client-server systems; distributed object management; security of data; telecommunication security; CORBA; CORBAgate; Common Object Request Broker; Internet applications; OMG specification; Web server; World Wide Web; application server; back end systems; firewall; gateway; hosted application server; object key re-mapping; organisations; outsourced application services; proxies; Concrete; Data security; HTML; Information filtering; Internet; Java; Laboratories; Middleware; Protection; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 1999. (WET ICE '99) Proceedings. IEEE 8th International Workshops on
Conference_Location :
Stanford, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0365-9
DOI :
10.1109/ENABL.1999.805193