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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2006
Huaxin Gao, San Jose, CA (US);
Bilung Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Paul A. Ostler, San Fancisco, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for connecting a client to a database server are provided. The method provide for providing a generic interface, the generic interface being operable to interoperate with one or more non-GSSAPI (Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface) compliant security mechanisms, providing a set of specialized interfaces, the set of specialized interface being operable to interoperate with one or more GSSAPI compliant security mechanisms, and establishing a connection between a client and a database server using the generic interface or the set of specialized interfaces depending on a security mechanism used by the client. The one or more non-GSSAPI compliant security mechanisms and the one or more GSSAPI compliant security mechanisms may be predefined or user-defined.