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Systems, methods and computer program products for authenticating client requests with client certificate information

  • US 6,088,805 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1998
  • Issued: 07/11/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of authenticating a client request to access server resources without uniquely identifying a client IP address or a user making the client request, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving at an Access Control List (ACL) a certificate associated with the user making the client request, wherein the certificate comprises a plurality of data fields, and wherein the ACL does not contain information that can uniquely identify a client IP address or a user making the client request;

    selecting data from at least one of the certificate data fields; and

    filtering the selected data using at least one predefined filter rule associated with the ACL to authenticate the client request without uniquely identifying a client IP address or a user making the client request.

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