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Method and system for providing certificates holding authentication and authorization information for users/machines

  • US 5,999,711 A
  • Filed: 07/18/1994
  • Issued: 12/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a distributed system having computer resources and a facility for checking credentials information to authenticate principals and provide with authorization data, a method for authenticating and authorizing principals comprising the computer implemented steps of:

  • providing a principal with a secure package holding credentials information for a client;

    receiving a principal request to connect to the distributed system at a location in the distributed system that lacks credentials information about the principal to gain access to at least some of the computing resources;

    accessing the credentials information held in the secure package to enable the facility for checking credentials information to determine whether the principal is authorized and authenticated to be connected to the distributed system without obtaining credentials information about the principal from a source other than the secure package;

    where the principal is not authorized or not authenticated to connect to the distributed system, denying the principal request to be connected to the distributed system; and

    where the principal is authorized and authenticated to connect to the distributed system, granting the principal request to be connected to the distributed system.

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