AUTHORIZATION TOKEN CACHE SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20150350186A1
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Chan, Daniel, Kunisetty, Sunil
• Granted Patent: US 9,306,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3242 involving keyed hash functions, e.g. message authentication codes [MACs], CBC-MAC or HMAC

Abstract

A system includes one or more processors to request access tokens from a token service computer, cache the access tokens and related information in a token cache, transmit the access tokens with a resource request to a resource server, and receive requested resources in response to the resource request. The resource server transmits representations of requested resources to computing devices having valid tokens. The access tokens and related information including credentials information and token metadata are stored in the token cache.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one processor to;

send an initialization message from an application to a token client, the initialization message comprising credentials information and token metadata;

cache the credentials information and the token metadata in a token cache and return a session identifier that maps to a cache key to retrieve the token metadata and the credentials information, wherein the token metadata comprises at least one service property used for obtaining an access token from a token service;

send a first access token request based on the credentials information and the token metadata;

receive a first access token response and retrieve a first access token from the access token response using the token metadata;

cache the first access token in the token cache by associating the first access token with the cache key;

send a resource request for protected resources;

receive a resource response from a resource server, the resource response having a representation of the protected resources; and

send, based on the resource response, the representation of the protected resources.

2. A method, comprising:

sending, by at least one processor, an initialization message from an application to a token client, the initialization message comprising credentials information and token metadata;

caching, by the at least one processor, the credentials information and the token metadata in a token cache and returning a session identifier that maps to a cache key to retrieve the token metadata and the credentials information, wherein the token metadata comprises at least one service property used for obtaining an access token from a token service;

sending, by the at least one processor, a first access token request based on the credentials information and the token metadata;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a first access token response and retrieving a first access token from the access token response using the token metadata;

caching, by the at least one processor, the first access token in the token cache by associating the first access token with the cache key;

sending, by the at least one processor, a resource request for protected resources;

receiving, by the at least one processor, a resource response from a resource server, the resource response having a representation of the protected resources; and

sending, based on the resource response, by the at least one processor, the representation of the protected resources.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving by the token client a second access token from the resource server in response to the resource request for protected resources;

retrieving the second access token using the token metadata; and

caching the second access token in the token cache by associating the second access token with the cache key.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending the first access token request to a token service computer;

receiving the first access token response from the token service computer;

receiving by the token client the resource response from the resource server, the resource response indicating that the resource request is one of an unauthorized request and a bad request;

sending a second access token request to the token service computer based on the credentials information and the token metadata;

receiving a second access token response from the token service computer and retrieving a second access token from the access token response using the token metadata; and

caching the second access token in the token cache by associating the second access token with the cache key.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

retrieving the first access token from a particular XPath expression within an extensible markup language (XML) document of the first access token response, wherein the XPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

retrieving the first access token from a particular JSONPath expression within a Javascript Object Notation (JSON) document of the first access token response, wherein the JSONPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

binding the first access token to a particular position in a body of the resource request using a particular XPath expression in an XML document, wherein the XPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

binding the first access token to a particular position in a body of the resource request using a particular JSONPath expression in a JSON document, wherein the JSONPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

9. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

executing a cryptographic hash function on the credentials information comprising a first username and a first password to obtain a first hash-based message authentication code;

receiving input comprising a second username and a second password and executing the cryptographic hash function on the second username and the second password to obtain a second hash-based message authentication code;

comparing the first hash-based message authentication code with the second hash-based message authentication code and determining that the credentials information is valid; and

sending the resource request for protected resources having the first access token to the resource server.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the token metadata is associated with a particular token service of a plurality of token services and includes at least one service property used for obtaining an access token from the particular token service.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the token cache comprises a hash table stored in transitory memory and the application comprises a representational state transfer (REST)ful application.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the first access token comprises one of an Oauth access token, a Nimbula access token, and a WebCenter Authorization access token that grants the application access to the protected resources.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending an initialization message from an application to a token client, the initialization message comprising credentials information and token metadata;

caching the credentials information and the token metadata in a token cache and returning a session identifier that maps to a cache key to retrieve the token metadata and the credentials information, wherein the token metadata comprises at least one service property used for obtaining an access token from a token service;

sending a first access token request based on the credentials information and the token metadata;

receiving a first access token response and retrieving a first access token from the access token response using the token metadata;

caching the first access token in the token cache by associating the first access token with the cache key;

sending a resource request for protected resources;

receiving a resource response from a resource server, the resource response having a representation of the protected resources; and

sending, based on the resource response, the representation of the protected resources.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

receiving by the token client a second access token from the resource server in response to the resource request for protected resources;

retrieving the second access token using the token metadata; and

caching the second access token in the token cache by associating the second access token with the cache key.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

sending the first access token request to a token service computer;

receiving the first access token response from the token service computer;

receiving by the token client the resource response from the resource server, the resource response indicating that the resource request is one of an unauthorized request and a bad request;

sending a second access token request to the token service computer based on the credentials information and the token metadata;

receiving a second access token response from the token service computer and retrieving a second access token from the access token response using the token metadata; and

caching the second access token in the token cache by associating the second access token with the cache key.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

retrieving the first access token from a particular XPath expression within an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document of the first access token response, wherein the XPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

retrieving the first access token from a particular JSONPath expression within a Javascript Object Notation (JSON) document of the first access token response, wherein the JSONPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

binding the first access token to a particular position in a body of the resource request using a particular XPath expression in an XML document, wherein the XPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

binding the first access token to a particular position in a body of the resource request using a particular JSONPath expression in a JSON document, wherein the JSONPath expression is associated with the at least one service property.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

executing a cryptographic hash function on the credentials information comprising a first username and a first password to obtain a first hash-based message authentication code;

receiving input comprising a second username and a second password and executing the cryptographic hash function on the second username and the second password to obtain a second hash-based message authentication code;

comparing the first hash-based message authentication code with the second hash-based message authentication code and determining that the credentials information is valid; and

sending the resource request for protected resources having the first access token to the resource server.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the token metadata is associated with a particular token service of a plurality of token services and includes at least one service property used for obtaining an access token from the particular token service

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the token cache comprises a hash table stored in transitory memory and the application comprises a representational state transfer (REST)ful application.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first access token comprises one of an Oauth access token, a Nimbula access token, and a WebCenter Authorization access token that grants the application access to the protected resources.