Secure access to data over the Internet

Author

Bina, Eric ; Mccool, Rob ; Jones, Vicki ; Winslett, Marianne

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Supercomput. Appl., Illinois Univ., Champaign, IL, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

28-30 Sep 1994

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

102

Abstract

Security issues are the major roadblock currently preventing greater access to databases over the Internet. In this paper, we propose a framework for secure access to databases by a wide audience over the Internet, using World Wide Web information servers, a modified version of the NCSA Mosaic Internet browser and role wrappers (software modules that assign roles to incoming database requests, based on the credentials submitted with the request). We also describe an application embodying this framework

Keywords

file servers; information retrieval systems; information services; internetworking; online front-ends; security of data; wide area networks; Internet; NCSA Mosaic; World Wide Web information servers; browser; credentials; database access; database requests; role wrappers; secure data access; software modules; Application software; Data security; Databases; IP networks; Operating systems; Privacy; Protection; Web and internet services; Web server; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Information Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6400-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PDIS.1994.331727

Filename

331727