Method and System for Accessing Network Feed Entries
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTodd Kaplinger, Steven D. Ims, James Michael Bonanno, Aaron J. Tarter
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Abstract
A security mechanism for an application level protocol used to publish and edit web resources is extended to enable enforcement of a security policy on feed entries. The security mechanism ensures that only a certain class of privileged users can perform create, read, update and/or delete (CRUD) actions on feed entries, and it provides a uniform methodology for determining security access controls for resources. The techniques described herein enable selectively display of feed entries while at the same time maintaining a single document source for the privileged users.
Claims23
A method for enforcing a security policy on a feed entry, comprising:
- configuring a URI-based security rule that identifies a feed, user context information, and an authentication type;
- in response to receiving a URL requesting return of the feed, filtering the URL against the URI-based security rule to determine access rights to the feed;
- and
- returning a response based on the access rights so determined.
A method for enforcing a security policy on a feed, comprising:
- filtering a URL against a URI-based security rule for a user credential indicating permission to perform one of a set of actions on a feed entry within the feed;
- and
- returning a response to the URL based on the filtering.
Apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- computer memory holding computer instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform a method for enforcing a security policy on a feed entry, the method comprising:
- configuring a URI-based security rule that identifies a feed, user context information, and an authentication type;
- in response to receiving a URL requesting return of the feed, filtering the URL against the URI-based security rule to determine access rights to the feed;
- and
- returning a response based on the access rights so determined.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use in a data processing system for enforcing a security policy on a feed entry, the computer program product holding computer program instructions which, when executed by the data processing system perform a method, comprising:
- filtering a URL against a URI-based security rule for a user credential indicating permission to perform one of a set of actions on a feed entry within the feed;
- and
- returning a response to the URL based on the filtering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.