Collecting Account Access Statistics from Information Provided by Presence of Client Certificates
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- requesting client certificates from remote terminals that request to access a computing resource; and
updating account access statistics based on information provided by presence or absence of the client certificates and contents of the client certificates for the client certificates that are present.
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Abstract
A method and system for collecting account access statistics from information provided by client certificates. In one embodiment, the method comprises requesting client certificates from remote terminals that request to access a computing resource. The method further comprises updating the account access statistics based on information provided by presence or absence of the client certificates and contents of the client certificates for the client certificates that are present.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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requesting client certificates from remote terminals that request to access a computing resource; and updating account access statistics based on information provided by presence or absence of the client certificates and contents of the client certificates for the client certificates that are present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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data storage to store a collection of statistics; and a computing entity coupled to the data storage, the computing entity to request client certificates from remote terminals that request to access a computing resource, and to update account access statistics based on information provided by presence or absence of the client certificates and contents of the client certificates for the client certificates that are present. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method comprising:
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requesting client certificates from remote terminals that request to access a computing resource; and updating account access statistics based on information provided by presence or absence of the client certificates and contents of the client certificates for the client certificates that are present. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. The computer readable medium of 15, wherein requesting client certificates further comprises:
requesting, and without requiring, the client certificates to allow the remote terminals to access the resource when one or more of the remote terminals do not have the client certificates.
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