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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016

Filed:

May. 02, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael E. Factor, Haifa, IL;

David Hadas, Zichron Yaakov, IL;

Elliot K. Kolodner, Haifa, IL;

Anil Kurmus, Rueschlikon, CH;

Alexandra Shulman-Peleg, Givatayim, IL;

Alessandro Sorniotti, Zurich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/46 (2013.01); G06F 17/30194 (2013.01); G06F 21/6281 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2145 (2013.01);
Abstract

Machines, systems and methods for handling a client request in a hierarchical multi-tenant data storage system, the method comprising processing a request in subtasks, wherein a subtask is executed with a minimal set of privileges associated with a specific subtenant; extracting a claimed n-level hierarchy of a tenant and sub-tenant identities from the request; extracting authentication signatures or credentials that correspond to a level in the hierarchy; for a first level in the hierarchy, sending the request to a dedicated subtenant authenticator with privilege to validate credentials for a subtenant at the first level; and receiving a confirmation from the dedicated subtenant authenticator, whether the request is authentic.


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