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User authentication for intermediate representational state transfer (REST) client via certificate authority

US9021552B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Stephan Zlatarev · Stara Zagora, BG
Uwe Steigmann · Bad Rappenau, DE
Michael Engler · Stamford, US
Wolfgang Janzen · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 5, 2011
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 18, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/142
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present description refers to a computer implemented method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving a resource request at a representational state transfer (REST) client from a user, the resource request including a user ID, determining, by the REST client, a key pair including a public key and a corresponding private key that are associated with the user ID, obtaining, by the REST client, a certificate associated with the user ID that is signed by a certificate authority and based on at least the user ID and the public key associated with the user ID, impersonating, by the REST client, the user to a REST server using the certificate and the private key associated with the user ID, and accessing, by the REST client on behalf of the user, using a stateless protocol with the REST server, the requested resource.

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