System and method for policy-based inter-realm authentication within a distributed processing system
US5544322A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/102
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for defining a platform-independent policy framework for authentication of principals to servers in another realm, within a distributed data processing system. The present invention may be implemented on top of the Kerberos protocol, or any trusted third party network authentication protocol with inter-realm authentication mechanisms.
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