PROXY AUTHENTICATION SERVER
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a client, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a client, at a proxy authentication server, a digital certificate request; and
in response to receiving the digital certificate request, the proxy authentication server engaging in an authentication process with a particular server on which a certificate authority resides, thereby sparing the client from participating in the authentication process with the particular server.
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Abstract
Techniques and systems for allowing a client to interact with a Microsoft Windows Server via a proxy authentication server are disclosed. Instead of engaging in the NTLM authentication protocol with a Microsoft Windows Server directly, a client may interact with a proxy authentication server. The proxy authentication server may perform all of the necessary NTLM interactions with the Microsoft Windows Server. Thus, the proxy authentication server authenticates itself with the Microsoft Windows Server, and acts as the client'"'"'s agent. Because the client does not directly interact with the Microsoft Windows Server, the client does not need to authenticate itself with the Microsoft Windows Server; instead, after the proxy authentication server authenticates itself with the Microsoft Windows Server, the client can transact the client'"'"'s business with the Microsoft Windows Server through the authenticated proxy authentication server. The proxy authentication server can act on behalf of multiple different clients in a network.
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17 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a client, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a client, at a proxy authentication server, a digital certificate request; and in response to receiving the digital certificate request, the proxy authentication server engaging in an authentication process with a particular server on which a certificate authority resides, thereby sparing the client from participating in the authentication process with the particular server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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receiving, from a client, at a proxy authentication server, a digital certificate request; and in response to receiving the digital certificate request, the proxy authentication server engaging in an authentication process with a particular server on which a certificate authority resides, thereby sparing the client from participating in the authentication process with the particular server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A proxy authentication server that is configured to:
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receive, from a client, a digital certificate request; and engage in an authentication process with a particular server on which a certificate authority resides in response to receiving the digital certificate request, thereby sparing the client from participating in the authentication process with the particular server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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