Preserving integrity of messages in a messaging oriented middleware system

• US 9,256,714 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2011
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kumar, Darbha V., Stanford-Clark, Andrew J., Thyagaraj, Lohitashwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Sison, June
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, STEVEN C
• Application Number:
  US13/292,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117401A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• Field of Search: 709/207
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/00 Data switching networks interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units G06F13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/12 Applying verification of the received information cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass networks security protocols H04L9/40; wireless communication networks H04W

Abstract

Message integrity in a messaging oriented middleware system is preserved by determining a message producer'"'"'s level of message integrity by examination of connection details between the message producer and a messaging engine. The message producer'"'"'s level of integrity is stored in a memory of the messaging engine. The message is then stored in the designated destination using the message producer'"'"'s level of integrity. The message is sent from the designated destination to a consumer when it is determined that the consumer conforms to the integrity levels.

Claims

1. A method of preserving integrity of messages in a messaging oriented middleware system, comprising:

determining a level of message integrity, as required by a message producer, by examination, with a processor at a messaging engine, of connection details between said message producer and said messaging engine, wherein said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer comprises a specified level of security integrity comprising a secure sockets layer protocol on or a secure sockets layer protocol off and a specified level of transaction integrity comprising committing a single unit of work message upon success and rolling said single unit of work message back if a failure occurs is on or committing a single unit of work message upon success and rolling said single unit of work message back if a failure occurs is off;

storing said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, in a memory destination of said messaging engine;

storing a single unit of work message sent from said message producer to said messaging engine in said memory destination under said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, at said messaging engine; and

sending said single unit of work message from said memory destination under said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, to a consumer when said consumer connects to said messaging engine and it is determined, by said processor at said messaging engine, that said consumer conforms to said required level of message integrity, wherein said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, is preserved without setting any message properties on said single unit of work message by said message producer or said message consumer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a memory destination in said messaging engine with a logical partition for each combination of message integrity that can be required by said message producer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining a level of message integrity, as required by a message producer, by examination, with a processor, of connection details between said message producer and a messaging engine comprises checking a security integrity flag and a transaction integrity flag for true and false settings.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein storing said single unit of work message sent from said message producer to said messaging engine in said memory destination under said required level of message integrity further comprises said messaging engine validating said message against said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, as previously stored in said memory destination of said messaging engine.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein when said memory destination at said messaging engine is not enabled to store said single unit of work message at said required level of message integrity, sending said single unit of work message to an exception destination.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising sending an error message to said message producer.

7. A computer program product for preserving integrity of messages in a messaging oriented middleware system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code configured to determine a level of message integrity, as required by a message producer, by examination at a messaging engine of connection details between said message producer and said messaging engine, wherein said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer comprises a specified level of security integrity comprising a secure sockets layer protocol on or a secure sockets layer protocol off and a specified level of transaction integrity comprising committing a single unit of work message upon success and rolling said single unit of work message back if a failure occurs is on or committing a single unit of work message upon success and rolling said single unit of work message back if a failure occurs is off;

computer readable program code configured to store said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, in a memory destination of said messaging engine;

computer readable program code configured to store a single unit of work message sent from said message producer to said messaging engine in said memory destination under said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, at said messaging engine; and

computer readable program code configured to send said single unit of work message from said memory destination under said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, to a consumer when said consumer connects to said messaging engine and it is determined, at said messaging engine, that said consumer conforms to said required level of message integrity, wherein said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, is preserved without setting any message properties on said message by said message producer or said message consumer.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising computer readable program code configured to create a memory destination in said messaging engine with a logical partition for each combination of message integrity that can be required by said message producer.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein said computer readable program code configured to determine a level of message integrity, as required by a message producer, by examination of connection details between said message producer and a messaging engine comprises computer readable program code configured to check a security integrity flag and a transaction integrity flag for true and false settings.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein computer readable program code configured to store said single unit of work message sent from said message producer to said messaging engine in said memory destination under said required level of message integrity further comprises computer readable program code configured to validate said single unit of work message against said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, as previously stored in said memory destination of said messaging engine.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein when said memory destination at said messaging engine is not enabled to store said single unit of work message at said required level of message integrity, computer readable program code configured to send said single unit of work message to an exception destination.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising computer readable program code configured to send an error message to said message producer.

13. A system for preserving integrity of messages in a messaging oriented middleware system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory is encoded with instructions and wherein the instructions when executed comprise;

instructions for determining a level of message integrity, as required by a message producer, by examination at a messaging engine of connection details between said message producer and a messaging engine, wherein said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer comprises a specified level of security integrity comprising a secure sockets layer protocol on or a secure sockets layer protocol off and a specified level of transaction integrity comprising committing a single unit of work message upon success and rolling said single unit of work message back if a failure occurs is on or committing a single unit of work message upon success and rolling said single unit of work message back if a failure occurs is off;

instructions for storing said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, in a memory destination of said messaging engine;

instructions for storing a single unit of work message sent from said message producer to said messaging engine in said memory destination under said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, at said messaging engine; and

instructions for sending said single unit of work message from said memory destination under said required level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, to a consumer when said consumer connects to said messaging engine and it is determined, at said messaging engine, that said consumer conforms to said required level of message integrity, wherein said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, is preserved without setting any message properties on said single unit of work message by said message producer or said message consumer.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising instructions for creating a memory destination in said messaging engine with a logical partition for each combination of message integrity that can be required by said message producer.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein said instructions for determining a level of message integrity, as required by a message producer, by examination of connection details between said message producer and a messaging engine comprises instructions for checking a security integrity flag and a transaction integrity flag for true and false settings.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein said instructions for storing said single unit of work message sent from said message producer to said messaging engine in said memory destination under said required level of message integrity further comprises instructions for validating said single unit of work message against said level of message integrity, as required by said message producer, as previously stored in said memory destination of said messaging engine.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein when said memory destination at said messaging engine is not enabled to store said single unit of work message at said required level of message integrity, instructions for sending said single unit of work message to an exception destination.