Making CGI variables and cookie information available to an OLTP system

In a data processing system having at least one web browser interconnected to at least one Enterprise-Based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System, the improvement comprising:

• a security gateway component which manages communications between said web browser and said Enterprise-Based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System;
• wherein upon issuance of a web request, said web browser passes Cookie information and CGI variables to said security gateway;
• wherein said Cookie information and CGI variables are packaged by said security gateway into an input view file;
• and
• wherein an authentication request is passed from said security gateway to a security service residing on said enterprise-based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System.

In a data processing system having at least one web browser interconnected with at least one Enterprise-Based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System, the improvement comprising:

• a security service component residing on said OLTP System which validates a request from said web browser;
• wherein said security service is a C code module written in the form of a standard OLTP-TM2200 service;
• and
• wherein upon receipt of a an authentication request from said WebTx security gateway client, said security service calls the standard OLTP-TM2200 service subsystem to enqueue said authentication request based on the security information provided.

In a data processing system having at least one web browser interconnected to at least one Enterprise-Based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System, the improvement comprising:

• a security service component residing on said OLTP System which validates all requests from said web browser;
• a security gateway component which manages communications between said web browser and said Enterprise-Based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System;
• and
• means for passing information between said web browser and said Enterprise-Based security service component via said security gateway component, wherein said information comprises Cookies and CGI Variables.

In a data processing system having at least one web browser and at least one enterprise-based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System, a method for exchanging information between said web browser and said enterprise-based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) system wherein said web browser and said enterprise-based OLTP system are interconnected by a workstation based security gateway, comprising the steps of:

• receiving an OLTP transaction request and associated Cookie and CGI variable information from said web browser via a middleware server;
• building a view file using said Cookie and CGI variable information at said security gateway;
• calling an enterprise based OLTP security service from said security gateway;
• waiting for a validation response from said OLTP security service at said security gateway;
• processing said validation response from said security service at said security gateway;
• forwarding an end service view file from said security gateway to an enterprise OLTP end service upon successful validation of said request;
• and
• returning a set of end service results to said web browser via said security gateway upon processing completion of said enterprise OLTP end service.

In a data processing system having at least one web browser interconnected to at least one enterprise-based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) System via a security gateway, a method for validating a transaction between said web browser and said enterprise-based On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) system, via an enterprise-based security service, comprising the steps of:

• sending an OLTP transaction request and associated Cookie and CGI variable information from said web browser to a workstation based security gateway via a middleware server;
• receiving an authentication request and a security view file from a workstation based security gateway at said enterprise based security service;
• processing said authentication request by calling a secured operating system interface from said enterprise based security service to authenticate information from said security view file;
• returning said authentication information to said workstation based security gateway;
• forwarding an end service view file from said security gateway to an enterprise OLTP end service upon successful validation of said request;
• and
• returning a set of end service results to said web browser via said security gateway upon processing completion of said enterprise OLTP end service.