This invention consists of a method for providing security for distributing management operations among components of a computer network using a network of mutually trusting, mutually authenticating management services to dispatch operations to selected host systems. Mutual authentication and trust are...http://www.google.se/patents/US5619657?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5619657 - Method for providing a security facility for a network of management servers utilizing a database of trust relations to verify mutual trust relations between management servers
