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TRUSTED LOCAL SINGLE SIGN-ON

  • US 20080235779A1
  • Filed: 03/20/2008
  • Published: 09/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing method, comprising:

  • running on a user computer a first operating environment for performing general-purpose operations and a second operating environment, which is configured exclusively for interacting with multiple servers in respective secure communication sessions and is isolated from the first operating environment;

    storing in the second operating environment multiple server-specific credentials for authenticating a user of the user computer to the respective servers, and a single set of master credentials for authenticating the user to the second operating environment; and

    establishing a secure communication session between the user computer and a given server under control of a program running in the second operating environment, by authenticating the user in the second operating environment using the master credentials and, responsively to successfully authenticating the user, automatically selecting one of the server-specific credentials in the second operating environment and authenticating the user to the given server using the selected server-specific credentials.

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