Off-host authentication system
US9300664B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/59
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An off-host authentication system includes a network. An off-host processing system is coupled to the network and sends an encrypted authentication item through the network in response to validating a user. An authentication information handling system (IHS) is coupled to the network and receives the encrypted authentication item from the off-host processing system through the network, decrypts the encrypted authentication item to produce a decrypted authentication item, validates the decrypted authentication item, and sends an approval message through the network. A directory system is coupled to the network and receives the approval message through the network and, in response, sends a user approval through the network. A host processing system, which is located in a user IHS that includes the off-host processing system and which is coupled to the network, logs a user into the user IHS in response to receiving the user approval through the network.
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