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Method and system for securely authenticating network access credentials for users

  • US 20030056096A1
  • Filed: 04/05/2002
  • Published: 03/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to securely authenticate user credentials, the method including:

  • encrypting a user credential with a public key at an access device, the public key being part of a public/private key pair suitable for use with an encryption algorithm;

    transmitting the encrypted network user credential from the access device to a decryption server;

    decrypting the user credential at the decryption server with a private key, the private key being part of the public/private key pair suitable for use with the encryption algorithm; and

    transmitting the decrypted user credential from the decryption server to an authentication server for verification.

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