Security and Middleware

• So far middleware security has been centralized and host based

  • Security has been enforced outside middleware
    • User credentials are passed directly to legacy systemsfor authentication and access control decisions
  • Encrypted network traffic is provided with SSL

• New business logic is implemented in the middleware

  • distribution becomes reality also on the middletier
  • the need for distributed security architectures rises

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