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Credential management

  • US 7,210,167 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2001
  • Issued: 04/24/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for accommodating a legacy application, the legacy application resident on a legacy system having provisions for a low-level credential authorization model which employs username-and-password based authorization, the method comprising:

  • obtaining a request from a high-level credential authorization model for a high-level credential to be provided by the legacy application, wherein the high-level credential authorization model does not employ username-and-password based authorization;

    retrieving the requested high level credential from a database of credentials; and

    marshaling the requested high-level credential, the marshaling is characterized by converting a description of the high-level credential into a format recognizable as a low-level credential by the legacy application employing a low-level credential authorization model, wherein the marshaling is a mechanism by which a description of the high-level credential is passed through a secured operating system layer using an interface designed to output low-level credentials.

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