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End user authentication using a virtual private network

  • US 9,942,200 B1
  • Filed: 12/02/2014
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of authenticating a user of a Web service, said method comprising:

  • at a gateway computer of said Web service, receiving a request to establish a virtual private network (VPN) that includes a digital certificate and a VPN identifier from a user computing device, said VPN identifier being a unique identifier of said user;

    establishing said VPN between said user computing device and said gateway computer;

    retrieving, by said gateway computer, from a first database of said Web service a user identifier using said VPN identifier as a key into said first database, said user identifier being distinct from said VPN identifier and identifying said user;

    authorizing by said gateway computer, said user to use said Web service based upon said VPN identifier without requiring said user identifier and a password from said user; and

    authenticating, by a proxy server computer that provides said Web service, that said user identifier represents a valid user of said Web service and providing said Web service to said user via said proxy server computer and said gateway computer.

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