Systems and methods for delegated digest access authorization

• Main Authors: FISHMAN, NEIL S, DAMOUR, KEVIN T, LEACH, PAUL J, COHEN, JOSH R, KRAMER, MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.11.2006
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Systems and methods for authenticating user identity in order to authorize access to user protected computer information. Implementation of the present invention takes place in association with a remote client that uses standard Internet protocol to obtain resources and/or files from a variety of servers within a domain. An initial authentication between a client and a server occurs and delegated rights are granted to the server according to the initial authentication. The delegated rights empower the server to authenticate a request from the server to one or more end-servers on behalf of the client. The end-server responding to the request verifies the authentication from the originating digest access and verifies the authentication of the delegated digest access before providing access to the protected information. As such, multiple server access is available from a single server that processes user requests, thereby providing a one-to-many authenticated request-response framework in a client-server system.