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Multi-domain authorization and authentication

  • US 20030023880A1
  • Filed: 07/25/2002
  • Published: 01/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of multi-domain authorisation/authentication on a computer network comprises:

  • a user making a request to a policy enforcement point (PEP) of a computer for access to information or a service on the computer which requires authorisation for access;

    providing a location address for a user'"'"'s authorisation and/or authentication information, at which address authorisation and/or authentication information and/or further personal information of the user has been pre-stored;

    a policy decision point (PDP) of the service on the computer network then verifying the authorisation/authentication information or seeking authorisation/authentication from an address provided in the pre-stored authorisation/authentication/further information; and

    the user being given access by the PEP to the information or the service requested, if the request is accepted, wherein the user'"'"'s authorisation/authentication and/or further information is located on a meta policy decision point (MPDP), and in which the MPDP is hosted by a party independent from the user.

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