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Authentication architecture

US8087073B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

17References

20Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Lance Olson · Sammamish, US
Henrik Frystyk Nielsen · Hunts Point, US
Cem Paya · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2008
Grant date	Dec 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 31, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/34
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system enabling an application desiring access to a resource addressable by a URI to produce a response to an authentication challenge to a request to access the URI without including code specific to an authentication system and/or method is provided. The system includes an authentication manager that can pass an authentication challenge to authentication modules and/or objects operable to produce a response to the authentication challenge. The system may also include a cache adapted to store one or more responses to the authentication challenge communicated from the authentication modules, with such cache also being employed to facilitate pre-authenticating test challenges and/or pseudo-challenges.

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