secureBLAST

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wiezer, Arnim | Merkl, Rainer

Affiliations: Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Grisebachstrasse 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany. Tel.: +49 551 39 3823, Fax: +49 551 39 3805; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: secureBLAST supplements NCBI wwwblast with features necessary to control in an easy manageable way usage of BLAST data sets and their update. The concept we implemented allows to offer on a single BLAST server several data sets with individually configurable access rights. Security is provided by user authentication and encryption of the http traffic via SSL. By using secureBLAST, the administration of users and databases can be done via a web interface. Therefore, secureBLAST is valuable for institutions that have to restrict access to their datasets or just want to administer BLAST servers via a web interface.

Keywords: wwwblast, user authentication, BLAST database management

Journal: In Silico Biology, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 405-409, 2003