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Accessing a computer resource using an access control model and policy

  • US 9,729,531 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2014
  • Issued: 08/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A processing method for processing an access request from a terminal of a user who is one of a plurality of users attached to a client entity which is one of a plurality of client entities, to a computer resource selected from a set of computer resources made available to the client entity by a platform of a cloud computer service supplier, the cloud computer service supplier providing to a plurality of distinct client entities corresponding distinct sets of resources, said method being performed by a server situated between the terminal and the platform, said processing method comprising, on the access request being received by the server:

  • authenticating said user who is one of a plurality of users attached to said client entity which is one of said plurality of client entities with the help of at least a first authentication parameter for authenticating the user with the server;

    verifying that the user is authorized to access said computer resource selected from said set of computer resources via said terminal by applying to said user and to said resource an access control model and an access control policy corresponding to said model, which model and policy are supplied to said server by said client entity; and

    if the user is authorized to access the computer resource, sending to the platform a request derived from the access request on the basis of at least one second authentication parameter for authenticating the client entity with the platform wherein said server uses distinct authentication and authorization instructions for each client entity from among said plurality of client entities;

    orelse rejecting the access request.

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