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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING A NETWORK USER AS ENTITLED TO ACCESS A COMPUTING NODE WHEREIN AUTHENTICATED CERTIFICATE RECEIVED FROM THE USER IS MAPPED INTO THE USER IDENTIFICATION AND THE USER IS PRESENTED WITH THE OPPRTUNITY TO LOGON TO THE COMPUTING NODE ONLY AFTER THE VERIFICATION IS SUCCESSFUL

  • US 6,785,729 B1
  • Filed: 08/25/2000
  • Issued: 08/31/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of authorizing a network user as entitled to access a computing node of the network, comprisingperforming an initial exchange of protocol messages between the network user and the computing node to establish initial communications without presenting to the user any screen that might be used to access the computing node, presenting an authenticated user certificate from the user to the computing node, mapping the authenticated user certificate into a user identification associated with the user, verifying from the user certificate that the user represented by the user certificate is entitled to access the computing node based on the user identification and a resource name assigned to the computing node, denying further access to the computing node if the user is not entitled to access the computing node, and presenting the user with an opportunity to logon to the computing node if the user is verified to access the computing node.

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