Integrating heterogeneous authentication and authorization mechanisms into an application access control system
US6728884B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0884
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for selectively authenticating and authorizing a client seeking access to one or more protected computer systems over a network. A request of a client to access one of the computer systems is received. A proxy security server is requested to authenticate the client using information identifying the client. An authorization of the client from the proxy security server is received, based on authentication results received from a remote security server that is coupled to the proxy security server. In response, access rights of the client are established, based on one or more access information records received from remote security server through the proxy security server. As a result, one or more legacy security servers may be easily integrated into an application access system without complicated modifications to the application access system.
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