System and method for a sidecar authentication mechanism
US7519813B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 2, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/168
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for authenticating an unauthenticated file level protocol using a sidecar authentication mechanism. A client transmits an authentication ticket, UID and list of network addresses to an authentication daemon of a storage system. The authentication daemon verifies the user identity and generates a file system credential that is stored in a cache indexed by an authentication tuple. Received data access operations from a client are compared to authentication tuples by UID and network address and the file system utilizes the stored credential for processing the data access operation.
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