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Method and apparatus for managing network resources for externally authenticated users

  • US 7,010,600 B1
  • Filed: 06/29/2001
  • Issued: 03/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing network resources for externally authenticated users, the method comprising:

  • authenticating a user in a first administrative domain;

    generating a token for the user, the token assigning at least a first role for the user, the first role identifying the user as a member of a pre-defined class of users; and

    configuring the token to identify the user by the first role to a component of a second administrative domain; and

    receiving a request from the user to retrieve network resources from the second administrative domain and;

    determining whether the user is authorized to access the network resources of the second administrative domain based on the first role in the token.

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