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| In Silico Biology 3, 0033 (2003); ©2003, Bioinformation Systems e.V. |
Bioinformatic strategies for better understanding of immune function
Arnim Wiezer and Rainer Merkl
Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institut für Mikrobiologie and Genetik, Grisebachstrasse 8, 37077-Göttingen, Germany; email: rmerkl@gwdg.de
Edited by H. Michael; received May 05, 2003; accepted June 02, 2003; published June 21, 2003
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.
Key words: wwwblast, user authentication, BLAST database management