US Patent 7546300 System for providing secure access

A system implementing secure access to management information, the system (96) comprising: an open management service (64) including an open management application programming interface (92); a managed object (18,30,50,66) generating management information; and an object interface (68,74) for (i) receiving management information from the object, (ii) converting the received management information into a format accessible to the open management service, and (iii) providing the management information to the open management service (64) in response to a valid request from a client (80). The system further comprises an authorization component (74a) for verifying an access code (86) associated with the request to determine if the client (80) is authorized to issue the request.