Secure Web-Based Access to High-Performance Computing Resources

Published

January 15, 1999

Author(s)

R P. McCormack, J E. Koontz, J E. Devaney

Abstract

An authentication framework is described that provides a secure meansor clients to access remote computing resources via the Web. Clientsauthenticate themselves to a proxy Web server using a secure protocoland a digital certificate. The server constructs a fingerprint(digest) of the certificate using a secure hash function. This hashvalue acts as a user's identification, which is used to obtain remotelogin information for that user from an authentication database.Client commands can then be executed by the Web server on remote hostsusing the Secure Shell protocol. The system does not require a largeamount of specialized software, and creates a secure, encrypted chainbetween the client and any number of remote resources.

Citation

ITL Bulletin -

NIST Pub Series

ITL Bulletin

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Keywords

remote access, security, SSH, SSL, Web access, WebSubmit

Citation

McCormack, R. , Koontz, J. and Devaney, J. (1999), Secure Web-Based Access to High-Performance Computing Resources, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 16, 2025)